Lot 188. A rare tixi lacquer circular box and cover, 15th century. Estimate £18,000 - 20,000 (€25,000 - 28,000). Unsold. Photo Bonhams.

The domed cover deeply carved through the layers of black and red lacquer with registers of concentric ruyi-heads surrounding a small flower head to the centre, the base similarly decorated, resting on a short, slightly spreading foot, the interior and recessed base lacquered black. 25cm (9 7/8in) diam. (2). 

Note: Compare related examples illustrated in The Complete Collection of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Beijing, 2006, pl.76, p.104. See also R. Kerr, Chinese Art and Design, The T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, London, 1991, fig.68. p.158; see also Layered Beauty: The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer, 2010, no.31, and The Colours and Forms of Song and Yuan China, Tokyo, 2004, no.62.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 12 Nov 2015 10:00 GMT - LONDON, NEW BOND STREET