Lot 2089
2089
A FINELY CARVED SMALL CINNABAR LACQUER 'BIRD AND FLOWER' BOX AND COVER
A FINELY CARVED SMALL CINNABAR LACQUER 'BIRD AND FLOWER' BOX AND COVER

MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED SMALL CINNABAR LACQUER 'BIRD AND FLOWER' BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The flat circular cover is carved through layers of cinnabar lacquer to depict a long-tailed bird perched on a flowering branch emerging from rocks, against an 'air' diaper ground. The rounded sides of the cover and box are decorated with a band of keyfret chain. The interior and base of the box are lacquered black.
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Exhibited
The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Japan, 1991, Chinese Lacquerware, Catalogue, no. 76

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Lot Essay

The National Palace Museum, Taipei has a sixteenth century box of slightly smaller size, with very similar decoration of a single bird perched on a flowering branch, but without rocks and against a diamond-diaper ground, illustrated in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors. Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, pl. 42. Compare also a red lacquer circular dish from the Palace Museum, Beijing with two birds perched on camellia branches, illustrated in Zhongguo qiqi quanji, vol. 5, Ming, Beijing, 1995, pl. 58.

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