AN UNUSUAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER
AN UNUSUAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER

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AN UNUSUAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

The cover carved in high relief to depict a hare beside lingzhi growing from ornamental rocks below the full moon and an eight-character inscription, the sides with key-fret borders
2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) diam., Japanese makai lacquer box, Japanese wood box

Lot Essay

The inscription can be translated as:
The heaven is high and the moon is far;
in the midst of the mountain grows the fungus (of immortality).
The poem ends with a single seal, Wen, 'Refined' within a square.

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