MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL CARVED RED LACQUER OCTAGONAL BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The top of the faceted domed cover carved with a scene of Shoulao seated beside a deer while three immortals, one holding a peach, stand before him, each of the eight facets on the sides depicting one of the Eight Immortals standing in a landscape, each facet of the box carved with a different flower including lotus, herbaceous peony, tree peony, rose, peach, camellia, magnolia and chrysanthemum, the panels of the rim borders also carved with different flowers as are those on the flared foot, the interior and base lacquered black
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the carved red lacquer box of this shape and approximate size in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by E.F. Strange, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1926, pl. VII (top), which is dated to the Wanli period.

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