A gilt and painted lacquer tray. Ming dynasty, 17th century - image-1

Lot 179 Dα

A gilt and painted lacquer tray. Ming dynasty, 17th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
08.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Tibet/Nepal incl. Strebel Coll, Chinese Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.500 €
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A gilt and painted lacquer tray. Ming dynasty, 17th century

A rectangular tray decorated to the centre on a red ground with a group of figures accompanied by two servants on a terrace. In the distance two islands. The curved rim in black with flowering branches and plants in gold lacquer. Four basketry panels to the outside.
Height 19.3 cm; width 35.2 cm

This piece most likely belongs to a group of painted trays made in the year 1615. Compare a similar piece inscribed and with the date yimao (1615) sold at Sotheby's London, 5.11.2014, lot 19.

十七世紀 朱漆彩繪人物山水長方盤
來源：瑞典 Emil Hultmark (1872-1943)私人收藏
Bukowskis拍賣行，斯德哥爾摩
德國科隆私人收藏
可比：中國漆器全集 (第5卷) ：明，福州 1993-1998年，第 200頁，圖版第 62號，可比：2014年11月5日倫敦蘇富比，編號 19

Provenance

Emil Hultmark collection (1872 -1943), Stockholm. Hultmark was a member of the Karlbeck Syndicate which undertook regular acquisition expeditions to China on behalf of museums and private collectors
Bukowskis, Stockholm
Private collection, Cologne

Literature

Compare a very similar piece in: Zhongguo qiqi quanji (Lacquer Treasures from China Volume 5: The Ming Dynasty), Fuzhou 1993 - 1998, p. 200, fig. 62, and another piece dated yimao, 1615, sold at Sotheby's, London, 5.11.2014, Lot 19