Lot 511. A black guri lacquer rectangular tray, Ming dynasty ; Japanese wood box, 47.2 cm. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 HKD. Lot sold: 25,200 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's Sotheby's. CHINA / 5000 YEARS, Hong Kong, 26 May 2021

A circular black guri lacquer box and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century. Photo Lempertz carved in deep relief throug layers of two black and one red lacquer with bands of ruyi scrolls. The inside lacquered brown and the base lacquered black at a later...