A Chinese black lacquered carved covered box, dating from the 15th C, with steep rising sides and almost flat upper surface,the cover carved in low rounded relief with three graduated rows of pommel scrolls radiating outward from a four pointed central motif, the box with a single register of differing Ruyi shaped pommel like scrolls aboce a tall foot ring, the base plain and centered by a red lacquered number thirteen a Bonhams sticker attached.deign on top and bottom.
D. 7" (17.7 cm)
Provenance: Collection of Mee-Din and Robert W. Moore collection of Chinese lacquer similar example was sold in Christie's London, Nov 5th 2012,lot 179 and another sold at Christie's Hong Kong, May 30th 2012, Lot 4225 Footnotes: the style of carving on our box combined with the use of only a single layer of cinnabar lacquer to highlight the design of the pommel scrolls, can be compared to that on a Tixi black lacuqer box of octagonal shape, dated 14-15th C,in the Florence and Herbert Irving collection illustrated by James C. Watt and Barbara B. Ford,East Asian Lacquer, the Metropolitan Museum of art, New York,1991, pp.57-58,no12.
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Condition: in overall good condition with minor nicks to lacquer to the edge and bottom, expected lacquer crackle throughout the cover

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