细节
A VERY RARE LARGE QIANGJIN AND TIANQI CIRCULAR 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER
WANLI INCISED AND GILT CYCLICAL BING CHEN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1616 AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely incised, highlighted in shades of black, brown, red, yellow and green lacquer with outlines etched in gold against an orange-brown ground, the cover depicting two dragons confronting a 'flaming pearl' above rockwork and crashing waves against a diaper pattern ground, the sides of the cover with a band of lotus scroll, the box with three cartouches each containing stylised lotus scrolls against a geometric pattern ground, the interior red lacquered and the base black lacquered
9½ in. (24 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
WANLI INCISED AND GILT CYCLICAL BING CHEN DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1616 AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely incised, highlighted in shades of black, brown, red, yellow and green lacquer with outlines etched in gold against an orange-brown ground, the cover depicting two dragons confronting a 'flaming pearl' above rockwork and crashing waves against a diaper pattern ground, the sides of the cover with a band of lotus scroll, the box with three cartouches each containing stylised lotus scrolls against a geometric pattern ground, the interior red lacquered and the base black lacquered
9½ in. (24 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
来源
A Japanese private collection, Nagoya