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Cf. a two-colour lacquer box similarly carved utilising the red lacquer for flowers and the green for leaves, illustrated in Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, vol. 5, no. 55.
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A CARVED TWO-COLOUR LACQUER INCENSE BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Deeply carved through layers of cinnabar-red and olive-green lacquer, with a central large chrysanthemum bloom on the top of the cover, surrounded by three smaller flowers and serrated-edge leaves continuing down the sides, the shallow box carved with a narrow frieze of buds and leaves, the interior and base with dark brown lacquer and incised with an apocryphal maker's mark, Zhang Cheng zao
3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm.) diam., box, Japanese wood box
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
Deeply carved through layers of cinnabar-red and olive-green lacquer, with a central large chrysanthemum bloom on the top of the cover, surrounded by three smaller flowers and serrated-edge leaves continuing down the sides, the shallow box carved with a narrow frieze of buds and leaves, the interior and base with dark brown lacquer and incised with an apocryphal maker's mark, Zhang Cheng zao
3 5/16 in. (8.5 cm.) diam., box, Japanese wood box