A WELL-CARVED RED LACQUER BRUSH AND COVER MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY The brush is carved in high relief with an official beneath a pine tree receiving a kneeling young man accompanied by an attendant and musicians, the cover is carved with an official greeting a young man accompanied by an attendant holding a pile of books, all against two depths of diaper representing ground and air between key-fret borders. The end of the cover is carved with a fu character. 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long, Japanese wood box Provenance Private collection, Tokyo, formed in the 1930s-1940s.
A WELL-CARVED RED LACQUER BRUSH AND COVER MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY The brush is carved in high relief with an official beneath a pine tree receiving a kneeling young man accompanied by an attendant and musicians, the cover is carved with an official greeting a young man accompanied by an attendant holding a pile of books, all against two depths of diaper representing ground and air between key-fret borders. The end of the cover is carved with a fu character. 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long, Japanese wood box Provenance Private collection, Tokyo, formed in the 1930s-1940s.
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