An inscribed mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer 'phoenix' box and cover, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi xinyou year, corresponding to 1501 | 明弘治辛酉年（1501年） 黑漆嵌螺鈿鳳凰花卉紋蓋盒 《弘治辛酉朱珮璽》款

Property from a Japanese private collection

An inscribed mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer 'phoenix' box and cover,

Ming dynasty, Hongzhi xinyou year, corresponding to 1501

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明弘治辛酉年（1501年） 黑漆嵌螺鈿鳳凰花卉紋蓋盒 《弘治辛酉朱珮璽》款

inscribed to the florets on the base with seven characters reading Hongzhi xinyou Zhu Pei xi ('Seal of Zhu Pei of Hongzhi xinyou year'), Japanese double wood box, the outer box is inscribed by Kobori Sokei 小堀宗慶 (1923-2011), the 12th head master of the Enshu School of Tea, the inner box signed Kansuitei-shujin 閑邃亭主人

7.8 cm