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A FINELY CARVED MING CINNABAR LACQUER 'ORCHID' BOX AND COVER
A FINELY CARVED MING CINNABAR LACQUER 'ORCHID' BOX AND COVER

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED MING CINNABAR LACQUER 'ORCHID' BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The domed surface of the cover delicately carved into layers to depict a naturalistic spray of orchid flowers, inter-weaving with long bladed leaves, the box simiarly carved, the recessed base and interiors with black lacquer
5 3/4 in. (7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

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Aster Ng
Aster Ng

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Compare with a carved tiered circular box and cover of very similar design dated to the 15th century in the Tokugawa Art Museum illustrated in Karamono, Imported Lacquerwork - Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan (Okinawa), Nagoya, Japan, 1997, p. 39, no. 51.