Lot 32. Two inscribed black lacquer circular boxes and covers, Song Dynasty (960-1279); diameters 5.8 and 4.9 cm., 2 1/4 and 1 7/8 in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 HKD. Lot sold 237,500 HKD. Photo Sotheby's

of circular form, each with a single rib around the sides and a fitted domed cover, the lacquer of brownish-black colour, the larger box inscribed in red paint Zengren yuanzi zao (?) 267 yin zhen bu’er jia under the cover and Longyi xinhai nian qiu inside the box ('made by (zao) Zengren Yuanzi in Longyi during the xinhai year, measuring 267'), the smaller box similarly inscribed Zengren yuanzi zao shang 189 yin zhen bu’er jia and Longnan dingsi nian qiu ('made by (zao) Zengren Yuanzi in Longnan in the dingsi year, measuring 189').

Exhibited: Layered Beauty: The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2010, cat. no. 13.

Sotheby's. The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer, Part 1, Hong Kong | 08 avr. 2014