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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES H. KELLEY
A CARVED RED LACQUER HEXAGONAL BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-16TH CENTURY
Details
A CARVED RED LACQUER HEXAGONAL BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The top of the cover is carved with two scholars seated on a promontory conversing beneath a pine tree as an attendant approaches, and each of the six sides is carved with a different flower spray repeated on the sides of the box above the foot.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) across, fitted cloth box
MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The top of the cover is carved with two scholars seated on a promontory conversing beneath a pine tree as an attendant approaches, and each of the six sides is carved with a different flower spray repeated on the sides of the box above the foot.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) across, fitted cloth box
Provenance
Acquired circa 1960s-1974, and thence by descent within the family.
Brought to you by
Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
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