MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

A similar box and cover dated Ming dynasty, is illustrated in Chinese Ancient Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1989, pl. 393. See, also, another Ming dynasty example illustrated in East Asian Urushi Lacquer Work with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay, The Tokogawa Art Museum, Nagoya, 1999, no. 35.