Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 March 2015
Continental & Oriental Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts including a Collection of Italian Glass
About this Item
A Chinese cinnabar lacquer tray
square with incurved corners, the front carved in relief with a crane, maidens, children and their attendants at various pursuits enclosed by a balustrade and rocky outcrop, before a river with figures in a sampan, with further figures in conversation crossing a bridge to a pavilion before a mountainous landscape with pine trees, the cloud-filled sky carved with five bats in flight, the reverse with six-character seal enclosed by a greek-key border and cell diaper ground interspersed with various flowers including peonies, chrysanthemums, pomegranates and bamboo enclosed by a greek-key border, the rim carved with four dragons, 32,5cm square
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