A VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY CARVED POLYCHROME CINNABAR LACQUER TRAY MING DYNASTY, CHENGHUA PERIOD of rectangular section, the everted sides supported on a low narrow foot and slightly recessed base, intricately carved in varied levels of relief revealing the multiple layers of red, yellow, purple, orange, green and black lacquers, the interior with a four-clawed winged dragon vivaciously writhing among five sprays of multi-coloured lotus, the fierce creature detailed with wide open jaws, sinuous scaly body, powerful limbs and flaming wings centred with a zigzag resembling a bolt of lightning, surrounded around the sides by four attendant winged dragons, their sinous scaly body of yellow, black, red or green colour finely outlined in red lacquer, two of them turning sharply their head toward their back, all four repeated in reverse colours around the exterior, the base lacquered in red 32.1 cm., 12 5/8 in.
A VERY RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY CARVED POLYCHROME CINNABAR LACQUER TRAY MING DYNASTY, CHENGHUA PERIOD of rectangular section, the everted sides supported on a low narrow foot and slightly recessed base, intricately carved in varied levels of relief revealing the multiple layers of red, yellow, purple, orange, green and black lacquers, the interior with a four-clawed winged dragon vivaciously writhing among five sprays of multi-coloured lotus, the fierce creature detailed with wide open jaws, sinuous scaly body, powerful limbs and flaming wings centred with a zigzag resembling a bolt of lightning, surrounded around the sides by four attendant winged dragons, their sinous scaly body of yellow, black, red or green colour finely outlined in red lacquer, two of them turning sharply their head toward their back, all four repeated in reverse colours around the exterior, the base lacquered in red 32.1 cm., 12 5/8 in.
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