Asian Art I - 13th November 2013
Lot 57A
A Chinese red cinnabar lacquer dish probably late 16th century
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £2600
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Description
A Chinese red cinnabar lacquer dish probably late 16th century, carved in relief with four boys playing blind man's buff attended by three figures on a terrace before a pagoda with distant mountains flanked by pine, willow and maple trees, the border with ruyi-heads, the reverse with peony flowers and leaves, together with a hardwood stand, 31.5cm. (2)
Provenance: purchased in the late 1960s from Bearnes Auctioneers.
Cf. Christie's Hong Kong, Important Chinese Lacquer from the Lee Family, Part II, Tuesday 1st December 2009, lot 1812 for a related box and cover.
十六世紀晚期（可能） 剔紅人物故事如意紋盤
來源：1960年代晚期購自Bearnes拍賣行