A lac burgaute circular incense box and cover - Yuan/Ming Dynasty

The centre of the cover inlaid with the design of an open prunus blossom, each petal filled with a different diaper pattern, against a background of two further diaper patterns, the sides of the box and cover each also decorated with two different diaper patterns, the base centered with a flower radiating five scallop-edged panels enclosing different diaper patterns, the inside cover inlaid with a leafy peach branch bearing one fruit, the interior coated with black lacquer. 9cm (3½in) diam. (3). Estimate: HK$80,000 - 120,000, $10,000 - 15,000

Exhibited: Zheng He and the Oceanic Culture: An Exhibition of the Six Hundredth Anniversary of Zheng He's Voyages, The National Museum of History, Taiwan, September 16 - October 23, 2006, cat. pg. 161.
, The National Museum of History, Taiwan, April 2007.

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