Lot 367. A mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer ‘prunus’ tray, Yuan-Ming dynasty;  35.2cm., 13 7/8 in. Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. © Sotheby's 2013.

of square form, the curved sides raised on four ruyi feet, decorated to the interior with a blossoming prunus tree by a new moon, encircled by stylised floral scrolls, all reserved on a brown-black ground, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2.

Provenance: A Japanese Private Collection, acquired in the 1970s.

Note: See a dish of this type, but inlaid to the sides with chrysanthemum meanders, sold in our New York rooms, 2nd November 1979, lot 109; and another sold at Christie’s London, 14th July 1980, lot 318.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 06 nov. 2013