A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL BLACK LACQUER DISH YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY of square section with canted corners, the shallow rounded sides supported on a straight foot of corresponding shape, intricately and densely carved through thick layers of black lacquer to an ochre ground, the interior centred with a similarly lobed cartouche enclosing a pair of long-tailed birds, one soaring and the other swooping amidst lush leafy peony blooms, the cavetto decorated with four panels of alternating composite floral blooms including prunus, chrysanthemum, gardenia and peony, encircled around the exterior with an undulating tixi foliate scroll, the foot and base lacquered in black 28.2 cm, 11 1/8 in.
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL BLACK LACQUER DISH YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY of square section with canted corners, the shallow rounded sides supported on a straight foot of corresponding shape, intricately and densely carved through thick layers of black lacquer to an ochre ground, the interior centred with a similarly lobed cartouche enclosing a pair of long-tailed birds, one soaring and the other swooping amidst lush leafy peony blooms, the cavetto decorated with four panels of alternating composite floral blooms including prunus, chrysanthemum, gardenia and peony, encircled around the exterior with an undulating tixi foliate scroll, the foot and base lacquered in black 28.2 cm, 11 1/8 in.
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