A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER FOLIATE TRAY MING DYNASTY, 15TH – 16TH CENTURY | 明十五至十六世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿荷塘泛舟圖葵式盤

Property from the Kaisendo Museum

A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER FOLIATE TRAY

MING DYNASTY, 15TH – 16TH CENTURY

明十五至十六世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿荷塘泛舟圖葵式盤

of eight-lobed foliate form, the interior inlaid with mother-of-pearl depicting two elegant ladies on a boat admiring a lotus pond scenery surrounded by birds and willow, encircled by a dense composite floral scroll, all reserved on a black ground, the base lacquered black, Japanese wood box

25.4 cm, 10 in.