The eight-lobed box, gilt-decorated on the exterior with leafy scroll on a lacquered crimson ground. The domed cover, of conforming lobed form, similarly decorated with a large stylized lotus blossom in the centre. An S-scroll motif encircles the border of the box. The interior and underside covered with black lacquer.
Diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 inches)
Provenance: JJ Lally & Co, New York
A ten-lobed black lacquer box and cover of similar form from a Northern Song tomb at Huai’an, Jiangsu province, is illustrated in Wenwu, 1963, No. 5, pl. 4, no. 4, with a line drawing on p. 50, pl. 3, no. 6. See, also, a black lacquer box and cover of related form from a Northern Song tomb at Xingzhu village, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Wenwu, 1990, No. 3, p. 20, pl. 4, with a line drawing on p. 19, pl. 2, no. 5.
The eight-lobed box, gilt-decorated on the exterior with leafy scroll on a lacquered crimson ground. The domed cover, of conforming lobed form, similarly decorated with a large stylized lotus blossom in the centre. An S-scroll motif encircles the border of the box. The interior and underside covered with black lacquer.
Diameter: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 inches)
Provenance: JJ Lally & Co, New York
A ten-lobed black lacquer box and cover of similar form from a Northern Song tomb at Huai’an, Jiangsu province, is illustrated in Wenwu, 1963, No. 5, pl. 4, no. 4, with a line drawing on p. 50, pl. 3, no. 6. See, also, a black lacquer box and cover of related form from a Northern Song tomb at Xingzhu village, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Wenwu, 1990, No. 3, p. 20, pl. 4, with a line drawing on p. 19, pl. 2, no. 5.