A HARDSTONE-INLAID LACQUER WRITING BOX AND COVER 17TH CENTURY of rectangular section, the fitted cover finely inlaid on the black lacquer ground in various colours of soapstone, stained mother-of-pearl and bone with a Manchurian crane perched on a jagged rock, below a tall gnarled pine and above sprays of lotus, pomegranate, peaches and paulownia, another crane flying near a red sun in the distance, the sides similarly inlaid with a variety of flowers including camellia, peony, crab apple, hibiscus, cherry blossom, prunus, magnolia, chrysanthemum, peach and pomegranate, the interior divided into three compartments set above a drawer inlaid with butterflies and a shou character on the sides, all supported on a curvilinear base inlaid with chilong flanking a sprig of lingzhi, the base inscribed in red enamel with an apocryphal four-character Wanli mark 28 cm., 11 in.
A HARDSTONE-INLAID LACQUER WRITING BOX AND COVER 17TH CENTURY of rectangular section, the fitted cover finely inlaid on the black lacquer ground in various colours of soapstone, stained mother-of-pearl and bone with a Manchurian crane perched on a jagged rock, below a tall gnarled pine and above sprays of lotus, pomegranate, peaches and paulownia, another crane flying near a red sun in the distance, the sides similarly inlaid with a variety of flowers including camellia, peony, crab apple, hibiscus, cherry blossom, prunus, magnolia, chrysanthemum, peach and pomegranate, the interior divided into three compartments set above a drawer inlaid with butterflies and a shou character on the sides, all supported on a curvilinear base inlaid with chilong flanking a sprig of lingzhi, the base inscribed in red enamel with an apocryphal four-character Wanli mark 28 cm., 11 in.
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