ID 960179
Lot 2862 | A SMALL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PRUNUS’ INCENSE BOX AND COVER
Estimate value
HKD 120 000 – 180 000
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The box and cover are both carved to the exterior with flowering prunus branches on a floral diaper ground. The interiors are lacquered black.
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Spink & Son, London, August 1942, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. (X)109
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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