Lot 546
RARE CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY
Auction: Japanese Works of Art
£3,750
Description
the cover deeply carved to the buff ground with three fully blossoming peonies and foliage, the box with two similar flower heads, buds and leaves, the interior and base lacquered black, the base bearing an incised maker's mark reading 'Yang Mao zao' (Made by Yang Mao) on the left
Dimensions
7.3cm diam
Footnote
Provenance:
The collection of Admiral William Heriot Maitland-Dougall (1819-1890), who served in the China station of the Royal Navy as a lieutenant. Thence by family descent.
Note:
For a similar example bearing the same signature see Christie's sale in their Hong Kong rooms, 27th May 2009, lot 2711.