AN EARLY MING CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'PEONY' CIRCULAR INCENSE BOX AND COVER | Christie's

Sale 2621

Important Chinese Lacquer Wares from the Lee Family Collection

Hong Kong

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3 December 2008

Browse Sale

Lot 2118

AN EARLY MING CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'PEONY' CIRCULAR INCENSE BOX AND COVER

Price realised

HKD 300,000

Estimate

HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000

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AN EARLY MING CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'PEONY' CIRCULAR INCENSE BOX AND COVER
YONGLE INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1403-1425)

The gently domed cover finely carved to the buff ground depicting a single peony bloom, the foliated petals incised for detail, surrounded by leaves and flower buds, the box with three similar flowers, the interiors with a dark-brown lacquer, the recessed base on left side of the dark brown re-lacquered base is an incised apocryphal Yongle mark, on the other side under the lacquer is another Yongle mark
2 1/4 in. (5.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
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Literature and exhibited

Exhibited

The Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, 1990, Dragon and Phoenix, Chinese Lacquer Ware, The Lee Family collection, Catalogue, no. 47
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990/91
The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Japan, 1991, Chinese Lacquerware, Catalogue, no. 53
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993, 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Catalogue, p. 95, no. 43

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Saleroom Notice

- Please note that this lot is purchased directly from Harry Garner.
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