MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

This large bowl is comparable in shape and size to a red lacquer bowl (25.3 cm. diam.) carved with four shaped panels and with a key-fret band around the foot that is dated by inscription to 1541 (Jiajing period) illustrated by D. Clifford, Chinese Carved Lacquer, London, 1992, p. 95, pl. 68.