元 剔黑高士圖撞盒, Tiered Box with Scholar-Official in a Landscape, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 14th century, China, Carved black lacquer on gilded ground, H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); Diam. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm), Lacquer, This unusual box is difficult to date precisely. The use of gold in the background is uncommon and suggests that the box was particularly valuable. The shallow carving of the scholar on the top and the dragons amid clouds on the sides suggests a thirteenth-century date
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元 剔黑高士圖撞盬 Tiered Box, Scholar-Official, Landscape, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, late 14th century, China, Carved black lacquer, gilded ground, H, 5 1/8, 13 cm, Diam, 4 7/8, 12.4, Lacquer, unusual, box, difficult, date precisely, gold, background, uncommon, particularly valuable, shallow carving, scholar, top, dragons, clouds, sides, thirteenth-century date
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