JIAJING INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

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A RARE MING CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER
JIAJING INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The box is deeply carved through layers of cinnabar-red and dark green to a brown lacquer-ground depicting a sinuous dragon rising above cresting waves flanked by a peony and a lingzhi sprig issuing from rocky outcrops, and below a shou character amid ruyi-shaped clouds. The rounded sides are decorated with an undulating floral scroll with eight flower heads each supporting an auspicious object, the straight rims with an elaborate diaper-pattern, and the foot encircled by a key-fret band. The reign mark is written in a line to the centre of the base.
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) diam.

Exhibited

The Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, 1990, Dragon and Phoenix, Chinese Lacquer Ware, The Lee Family Collection, Catalogue no. 59
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990/91
The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Japan, 1991, Chinese Lacquerware, Catalogue, no. 93

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Compare to a larger but closely related Jiajing-marked three-colour lacquer circular 'dragon' box illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Complete Treasure of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2006, no. 135.

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