MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘SCHOLAR ON HORSEBACK’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam., Japanese double wood boxes
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam., Japanese double wood boxes
Provenance
The inner Japanese wood box is inscribed on the cover with a Horeki renshen cyclical date, corresponding to 1752 in Japan. One side of the wood box has a label dating to Taisho fifteenth year, corresponding to 1926