A FINELY DECORATED LAC BURGAUTÉ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

Los 930
23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
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$ 60 000
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ID 905633
Los 930 | A FINELY DECORATED LAC BURGAUTÉ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
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$ 60 000 – 80 000
A FINELY DECORATED LAC BURGAUTÉ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

17TH-18TH CENTURY

The top of the cover is finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl, gold foil, and silver foil with a scene of a reclining scholar admiring a flourishing lotus pond and two attendants, with one holding a fan and the other boiling water for tea. A quotation from a poem by Zhou Dunyi is inscribed on the top left and is followed by a square seal with the name Fujiu. The interior of the cover is inlaid with a chrysanthemum bouquet tied with a ribbon. The exterior of the box is encircled by a narrow floral diaper and the base is inscribed with a four characters reading Fang Fujiu zuo (made by Fang Fujiu). The interior of the box is further decorated with a group of articles for the scholar’s desk.

4 in. (10 cm.) diam., cloth box





Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.

Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, January 1987.

Hugh Moss, Shuisongshi Shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) Collection.

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. x2627.



Literature

J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, New York, 2020, no. 10 and cover.



Exhibited

New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, 13-27 March 2020, no. 10.



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