11 janvier 2023
A carved cinnabar lacquer 'birds' box and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century
Lot 277. A carved cinnabar lacquer 'birds' box and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century; Diameter 8.2 cm, 3¼ in. Lot sold: 8,190 GBP (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.
Property from a European Private Collection.
Provenance: JBerwald Oriental Art Ltd., London, 12th June 2003.
Note: This particularly moving figure represents an evolution from the traditional iconography of the Song dynasty (960-1279) Buddhist sculpture. Its salient stylistic features probably... [Lire la suite]