CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN (1279-1368)

Details

PLATEAU OCTOGONAL EN LAQUE NOIRE INCRUSTÉE DE NACRE
CHINE, DYNASTIE YUAN (1279-1368)
Longueur : 42,2 cm. (16 5⁄8 in.)

Provenance

Sotheby's Paris, Arts d'Asie, 18 December 2009, lot 134.

Further details

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER TRAY
CHINA, YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)

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Lot Essay

The present lot may be compared to a closely-related octagonal 'bird and plum blossom' mother-of-pearl-inlaid tray dated to the 14th century from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated in East Asia Lacquer:The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, cat. no. 55.

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