MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

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A SMALL CARVED RED LACQUER BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The slightly domed cover is carved in relief with the long-tailed bird in flight amidst lotus blossoms and leaves. The sides of the box are carved with further lotus.
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Prominent private collection, New England.

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Lot Essay

Similar decoration of a bird in flight amidst lotus can be seen on a pentagonal red lacquer box dated Ming dynasty, 15th century, in the Tokugawa Art Musuem, illustrated in Karamono, Imported Lacquerwork – Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan (Okinawa), Nagoya, Japan, 1997, p. 27, no. 27.

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