A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BRUSH MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

the slender tubular handle deftly carved in varying levels of relief with a figural scene of scholars and attendants on rocky shores against a ground of waves and floral diapers, one carrying a qin (zither) and another resting next to a plant, their attendants standing nearby, one making tea and another holding a scroll, all above delicately carved sprigs of lychee and two birds resting on prunus branches, the cover similarly carved with two conversing scholars next to a large willow tree, an assistant standing nearby while holding a tray, the tips and rims of the cover and the handle carved with a chrysanthemum medallion and a key-fret border respectively

《中國漆藝二千年》，香港東方陶瓷學會，香港中文大學文物館，香港，1993年，編號71
《疊彩：抱一齋藏中國漆器》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2010年，編號46