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HUANGHUALI 'DRAGON' RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY
明 黃花梨雕雙龍戲珠紋委角蓋盒of canted rectangular form, carved in relief in the recessed panel on the top of the cover with two confronting dragons amidst lingzhi-headed clouds and flaming scrolls contesting a flaming pearl above crashing waves and rocky hills, the sides with lingzhi scrolls in panels reserved on a ground decorated with tendrils, the interior covered in red lacquer
40cm wide x 14cm high x 26cm deep
Formerly in a private European collection
A related rectangular box and cover, in ticai lacquer form, with similar composition on the top panel, inscribed and dated to the Wanli period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, accession no. Gu 故8219
MING DYNASTY
明 黃花梨雕雙龍戲珠紋委角蓋盒of canted rectangular form, carved in relief in the recessed panel on the top of the cover with two confronting dragons amidst lingzhi-headed clouds and flaming scrolls contesting a flaming pearl above crashing waves and rocky hills, the sides with lingzhi scrolls in panels reserved on a ground decorated with tendrils, the interior covered in red lacquer
40cm wide x 14cm high x 26cm deep
Formerly in a private European collection
A related rectangular box and cover, in ticai lacquer form, with similar composition on the top panel, inscribed and dated to the Wanli period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, accession no. Gu 故8219
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HUANGHUALI 'DRAGON' RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
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