AN IVORY-INLAID BLACK LACQUER RECTANGULAR TRAY 17TH/18TH CENTURY The blackish-brown lacquer tray inlaid in ivory on the interior with a fifty-six character poetic inscription followed by the "signature" of Dong Qichang and his two "seals", one with ivory ground, the characters picked out in black, the other with the characters in ivory against the black-lacquered ground, imitating yin and yang seals, each of the inner sides inlaid with a pair of confronted dragons with a pearl between them, the exterior sides with delicate sprigs of orchids, the upper edge bound with a fine ivory band, the underside with a square maker's seal in seal script, biyuzhai zhi , 'Made by the Green Jade Studio' (losses and cracks) 18 1/2in. (47cm.) across
AN IVORY-INLAID BLACK LACQUER RECTANGULAR TRAY 17TH/18TH CENTURY The blackish-brown lacquer tray inlaid in ivory on the interior with a fifty-six character poetic inscription followed by the "signature" of Dong Qichang and his two "seals", one with ivory ground, the characters picked out in black, the other with the characters in ivory against the black-lacquered ground, imitating yin and yang seals, each of the inner sides inlaid with a pair of confronted dragons with a pearl between them, the exterior sides with delicate sprigs of orchids, the upper edge bound with a fine ivory band, the underside with a square maker's seal in seal script, biyuzhai zhi , 'Made by the Green Jade Studio' (losses and cracks) 18 1/2in. (47cm.) across
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