A RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BRUSH

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A RARE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BRUSH
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The handle of the brush and the cover inlaid with cell-diaper pattern between narrow borders of dots, the waisted hilt of the brush inlaid with chrysanthemum petals at the end, and the end of the cover inlaid with a flower head
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) long, Japanese wood box

Provenance

Acquired in Japan in the 1970s.

Lot Essay

Compare a mother-of-pearl-inlaid brush in the Tokugawa Art Museum with similar, though more dense inlay, dated to the 16th or 17th century, illustrated in Karamono: Imported Lacquerwork - Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan (Okinawa), Nagoya, 1997, p. 83, no. 146.

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