A small, round, red lacquer 'camellia' box. Early Ming dynasty - image-1
A small, round, red lacquer 'camellia' box. Early Ming dynasty - image-2
A small, round, red lacquer 'camellia' box. Early Ming dynasty - image-1A small, round, red lacquer 'camellia' box. Early Ming dynasty - image-2

Lot 1262 Dα

A small, round, red lacquer 'camellia' box. Early Ming dynasty

Auction 1093 - overview Brussels
18.06.2017, 14:00 - China - Decorative Arts, Ceramics and Porcelain
Estimate: 3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result: 10.540 € (incl. premium)
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A small, round, red lacquer 'camellia' box. Early Ming dynasty

Deeply carved with camellia blossoms, leaves and buds over an ochre lacquer ground. With a metal core. Minor damages.
Diameter 9.5 cm

明十五/十六世紀 剔紅雕漆花卉紋蓋盒
來源：德國Prof. Dr. Roger Goepper (1925-2011) 私人收藏，他是德國科隆東亞藝術博物館前任館長
可比北京故宮博物院藏一例，《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：元明漆器》，香港 2006年，頁71，編號49, 73頁，編號51

Provenance

Estate of Professor Dr Roger Goepper (1925-2011), former director of the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne

Literature

Compare two similarly carved boxes illustrated in: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Vol. 45, Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong 2006, p.71, fig. 49 and p.73, fig. 51