A hexagonal foliate brown lacquer tray with mother of pearl decoration. 17th/18th century - image-1

Lot 374 Dα

A hexagonal foliate brown lacquer tray with mother of pearl decoration. 17th/18th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
07.12.2019, 11:00 - Tibet/Nepal, China
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
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A hexagonal foliate brown lacquer tray with mother of pearl decoration. 17th/18th century

Depicting a group of scholars admiring a panel in front of a pavilion with the inscription Huangshan lou shang (A building on the Huangshan-mountains). Shaped reserves of flowering branches and plants to the rim. Decorated to the outside with scrolling foliage and a row of dots. Some minor damage and restoration.
Diameter 40.3 cm

明十七/十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿
黃山上樓葵形盤
來源：編號83.234
密歇根弗林特藝術館， 2010年10月1 紐約佳士得拍卖，編號438
德國科隆私人收藏
可比：光華可賞：寄暢園藏螺鈿漆器，國立台灣歷史博物館，臺北 2013年，第58-59號

Provenance

Inventory label: 83.234
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, sold at Christie's New York, 10.9/1.10.2010, lot 438
Private collection, Cologne

Literature

Compare a similar piece in: Tangible Splendor, The Chu Chang Yuan Collection of Lacquer with Mother of Pearl, National Museum of History, Taipei 2013, p. 58/59