A CINNABAR LACQUER SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER 17TH/18TH CENTURY One side carved with a scholar and...

A CINNABAR LACQUER SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER

17TH/18TH CENTURY

One side carved with a scholar and demon sitting amongst rocks and pine trees, the reverse decorated with a scene of two scholars in a garden with mountains in the distance, all against intricately carved geometric diaper grounds, 7.3cm. (2)

Provenance: given by Peter Spark to the owner's father in the 1920s.