A Rare Incised and Gilt Cinnabar Lacquer Box and Cover Ryukyu Kingdom, 17th / 18th Century of octagonal form, with straight sides supported on a recessed splayed foot, finely incised and gilt overall in the chinkin technique on a shu-urushi ground, the raised top of the cover with a sage seated on a rocky promontory contemplating a cliff face, an attendant standing next to him carrying a wrapped qin, all below a gnarled wutong tree, the landscape scene framed by a lattice border and surrounded by leafy peonies on the sloping sides, the exterior walls with further peonies between double-line borders, all above a band of overlapping hollyhock leaves encircling the foot, the interior and base lacquered in dark brown 22.7 cm., 8 7/8 in.
A Rare Incised and Gilt Cinnabar Lacquer Box and Cover Ryukyu Kingdom, 17th / 18th Century of octagonal form, with straight sides supported on a recessed splayed foot, finely incised and gilt overall in the chinkin technique on a shu-urushi ground, the raised top of the cover with a sage seated on a rocky promontory contemplating a cliff face, an attendant standing next to him carrying a wrapped qin, all below a gnarled wutong tree, the landscape scene framed by a lattice border and surrounded by leafy peonies on the sloping sides, the exterior walls with further peonies between double-line borders, all above a band of overlapping hollyhock leaves encircling the foot, the interior and base lacquered in dark brown 22.7 cm., 8 7/8 in.
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