CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL, SOAPSTONE AND HARDSTONE-INLAID ZITAN CIRCULAR BOX WITH COVER
JIAJING MARK, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 「大明嘉靖甲辰季秋製」款 紫檀百寶嵌胡人戲獅圖圓蓋盒
top of the cover within a raised panel inlaid with a foreigner holding a brocade ball pendent teasing an animatic Buddhist lion, the base inlaid with a nine-character Jiajing mark, reading ‘Da Ming Jia Jing Jia Chen Ji Qiu Zhi’, dated to the autumn of Jia Chen year, corresponded to 1544AD
Dimensions
9cm diameter
Footnote
A related example of a rare mother-of-pearl, soapstone and hardstone inlaid rectangular zitan brush palette, also featuring a Mongol warrior battling against a Buddhist lion, dated to the Ming dynasty, Jiajing period and attributed to Zhou Zhu, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2012, lot 308; Also see a two-tier mother-of-pearl inlaid zitan box and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century, decorated to the top with a dancing foreign figure and a large dancing lion, was sold at Sotheby's London, 4 November 2021, lot 368.
參一件明嘉靖紫檀嵌百寶筆舔，同樣施以胡人戲獅紋飾，傳周柱製，2012年月24日售於香港邦翰斯，拍品308；另參一例清十八世紀紫檀百寶嵌胡人戯獅紋雙層套盒，2021年11月4日售於倫敦蘇富比，拍品368，可資比較。