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A FINELY DECORATED LAC BURGAUTÉ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The top of the cover is finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl, gold foil, and silver foil with a scene of a reclining scholar admiring a flourishing lotus pond and two attendants, with one holding a fan and the other boiling water for tea. A quotation from a poem by Zhou Dunyi is inscribed on the top left and is followed by a square seal with the name Fujiu. The interior of the cover is inlaid with a chrysanthemum bouquet tied with a ribbon. The exterior of the box is encircled by a narrow floral diaper and the base is inscribed with a four characters reading Fang Fujiu zuo (made by Fang Fujiu). The interior of the box is further decorated with a group of articles for the scholar’s desk.
4 in. (10 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, January 1987.
Hugh Moss, Shuisongshi Shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) Collection.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. x2627.
Literature
J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, New York, 2020, no. 10 and cover.
Exhibited
New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Elegantly Made: Art for the Chinese Literati, 13-27 March 2020, no. 10.
Special notice
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