A carved cinnabar lacquer box and cover, Ming dynasty. Photo Bonhams

Of compressed globular form, the cover intricately worked in high relief, featuring a scene of an old man and two children in a garden under a tree, set against a scrolling and 'wan' diaper background, the base with seven-characters in circles also worked in high relief on incised wavey ground. 7.5cm diam. (2). Lot 344. Sold for HK$ 87,500 

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For a closely related lacquer box and cover dated to the late Ming dynasty, see Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, vol. 5, Ming, Fujian, 1997, pp. 170-171, no. 161.

Bonhams. 27 May 2012 2 p.m. Hong Kong. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art