A CARVED BLACK LACQUER ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ SCROLL TRAY

MING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY

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A CARVED BLACK LACQUER ‘BIRD AND FLOWER’ SCROLL TRAY
MING DYNASTY, SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY
The rectangular tray is decorated in black lacquer with two birds in flight amongst large blossoming hibiscus flowers amongst leafy branches and growing from rocks, all skilfully carved to reveal the red ground underneath. The walls of the reverse of the tray are carved with further dense hibiscus flowers.
5 ¼ x 14 ½ in. (13.3 x 36.8 cm.), Japanese wood box

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Lot Essay

This dish is carved in 14th century style and recalls a number of black lacquer ‘bird and flower’ subject dishes, such as the circular dish in the Seattle Art Museum, decorated with finches illustrated in Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Lacquerware, Taipei, 1987, p. 61, fig. 59.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a very similar tray in its collection dated to the 16th century, accession no. 2005.275 which was previously sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1352.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York holds a very similar tray in its collection dated to the 16th century, accession no. 2005.275 which was previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1352.

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