Lot 190. A carved brown lacquer box and cover, 16th-17th century;  14.2cm (5 5/8in) diam. Estimate £10,000 - 12,000 (€14,000 - 17,000). Sold for £ 12,500 (€ 14,275). Photo Bonhams.. Photo Bonhams.

The cover finely carved with a central scene depicting an official, holding a hu tablet, kneeling on a square mat, backed by an attendant, both facing a table laid with archaistic vessels beneath a pine tree within a fences garden, reserved on a red diaper ground, the exterior with leafy peony motifs. (2). 

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