MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER PANEL
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel carved in high relief with a multi-levelled landscape scene of an equestrian figure riding over a bridge followed by various attendants and greeted by a seated official, his wife and attendants, within a pavillion complex, all surrounded by rockwork and trees
25½ in. (65 cm.) high

Provenance

Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, in November 1999.

Literature

Derek Clifford, Chinese Carved Lacquer, London, 1992, p. 84, pl. 57.

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Sale room notice

Please note this lot does not have a Xuande incised mark, as stated in the Chinese text.

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Marco Almeida

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Descriptif du lot

It is suggested that such panels were once the lid for large boxes, used to contain marriage documents. Several complete boxes of this type are in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing and illustrated in Carved Lacquer in the Collection of the Palace Museum, pls. 146-7.

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