A black lacquer dish with mother-of-pearl inlays. Ryûkyû. 17th/18th century - image-1

Lot 358 Dα

A black lacquer dish with mother-of-pearl inlays. Ryûkyû. 17th/18th century

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

A black lacquer dish with mother-of-pearl inlays. Ryûkyû. 17th/18th century

A black lacquer dish with mother-of-pearl inlays depicting two confronting five-clawed dragons among clouds encircling a flaming pearl. Chips and restorations.
Diameter 34.5 cm

Literature

Compare: Haino Akio, Japanese, Korean and Ryukyan Lacquer in the Naumann Collection, in: Orientations, Vol. 31. no. 8 (2000), p. 112, fig. 10