A RARE EARLY MING TIXI BLACK LACQUER LOBED DISH

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A RARE EARLY MING TIXI BLACK LACQUER LOBED DISH
EARLY MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

Of mallow-flower form, carved in well rounded relief through layers of black and red lacquer with two tiers of ruyi scrolls around a central floret, the reverse with a deeply carved classic scroll, the base lacquered brown
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection, Sakai

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Lot Essay

Compare to a tixi red lacquer dish of similar form and design dated to the Song/late Yuan dynasty from the Lee Family collection, included in the Shoto Museum of Art Exhibition, Chinese Lacquerware, Shibuya, Japan, 1981 and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 22.

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