A carved cinnabar lacquer 'Lychee' box and coverMing dynasty, 16th century
Of circular shape, finely carved on the exterior through thick layers of cinnabar lacquer with fruiting branches bearing lychee fruits decorated with various diaper designs and interspersed amidst leafy stems, all reserved on a flowerhead-diaper ground, the interiors lacquered black, 8.3cm diam. (3in diam.)Footnotes明（十六世紀） 剔紅荔枝紋蓋盒
Provenance
Joseph M. Morpugo, Amsterdam, where purchased 2002.
See a similar carved cinnabar lacquer 'lychees' box and cover, 16th century, illustrated in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colours: Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, pl.49, p.66.
Compare also with a similar carved cinnabar lacquer 'lychee' box and cover, 16th century, which was sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 11 June 2021, lot 3140.
A carved cinnabar lacquer 'Lychee' box and coverMing dynasty, 16th century
Of circular shape, finely carved on the exterior through thick layers of cinnabar lacquer with fruiting branches bearing lychee fruits decorated with various diaper designs and interspersed amidst leafy stems, all reserved on a flowerhead-diaper ground, the interiors lacquered black, 8.3cm diam. (3in diam.)Footnotes明（十六世紀） 剔紅荔枝紋蓋盒
Provenance
Joseph M. Morpugo, Amsterdam, where purchased 2002.
See a similar carved cinnabar lacquer 'lychees' box and cover, 16th century, illustrated in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colours: Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, pl.49, p.66.
Compare also with a similar carved cinnabar lacquer 'lychee' box and cover, 16th century, which was sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 11 June 2021, lot 3140.
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