ID 495139
Lot 849 | A CARVED RED LACQUER HEXAGONAL BOX AND COVER
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The top of the cover is carved with two scholars seated on a promontory conversing beneath a pine tree as an attendant approaches, and each of the six sides is carved with a different flower spray repeated on the sides of the box above the foot.
8¼ in. (21 cm.) across, fitted cloth box
| Applied technique: | Lacquer |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
| Applied technique: | Lacquer |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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