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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'FIGURAL' BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
of rectangular form, deftly carved to the flat cover with a scene of four scholars appreciating paintings and antiquities in a garden setting, with attendants, deer, rocks, clouds, and vegetation completing the picture, the sides of the box carved with blossoming magnolia branches, all against a diaper ground, the interiors and base lacquered black
Quantity: 2
14 cm, 5 1/2 in.
Estimate
20,000
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30,000
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