Property from the Baoyizhai Collection 抱一齋珍藏
A black lacquer circular tixi box and cover Ming dynasty, 15th – 16th century | 明十五至十六世紀 烏面剔犀如意雲紋圓盒
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Property from the Baoyizhai Collection
A black lacquer circular tixi box and cover
Ming dynasty, 15th – 16th century
抱一齋珍藏
明十五至十六世紀 烏面剔犀如意雲紋圓盒
the circular domed cover carved with a central stylised flowerhead, surrounded by five ruyi heads, all within ten further ruyi heads bordering the rim, the box similarly carved with ten ruyi heads, all carved through dark brownish-black lacquer alternating with two red layers, the interior and base lacquered dark reddish-brown
16.8 cm
2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1993, cat. no. 32.
Layered Beauty: The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2010, cat. no. 33.
《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32
《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33