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A MING QIANJIN AND TIANQI LACQUER BOWL
JIAJING INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

With deep rounded sides rising to an everted lip, highlighted in shades of brown, green, red and yellow lacquer with outlines etched in gold against a black ground, the exterior finely incised with four ogival panels enclosing the characters Fu, 'Happiness', above a spray of chrysanthemum, Shou, 'Longevity', above camellia, Kang, 'Health', above lotus, and Ning, 'Peace', above rose, divided by a floral scroll supporting various auspicious objects, below a zigzag pattern band at the mouth rim, and above a band of stylised ruyi, the foot-ring with gilt cloud scrolls, the interior and the base lacquered red, the base incised at the centre with the reign mark
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Exhibited
The Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, 1990, Dragon and Phoenix, Chinese Lacquer Ware, The Lee Family Collection, Catalogue, no. 79
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990/91
The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Japan, 1991, Chinese Lacquerware, Catalogue, no. 116

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