Lot 1187
1187
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER QUATREFOIL FOUR-TIERED BOX AND COVER
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES H. KELLEY
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER QUATREFOIL FOUR-TIERED BOX AND COVER

16TH CENTURY

Details
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER QUATREFOIL FOUR-TIERED BOX AND COVER
16TH CENTURY
Of barbed outline, the top carved with a scene of scholars and attendants at a lake retreat, some inside a pavilion, the others in boats, the sides carved with panels of various flowers, and the spreading foot with classic scroll
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Acquired circa 1960s-1974, and thence by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

A four-tier square box and cover dated to the mid-Ming dynasty, carved with similar floral scroll on the sides and a waterscape on the cover, in the Qing Court collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2006, no. 82.

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