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PROPERTY FROM THE MEE-DIN AND ROBERT W. MOORE COLLECTION OF CHINESE LACQUER
A carved cinnabar lacquer circular box and cover
Ming Dynasty, 15th/16th CenturyThe very-shallowly domed cover, carved in low rounded relief with a central standing figure of the traveling monk Bodhidharma, crossing a natural rockwork bridge above a dense wave design representing water, the monk holding his only belongs on a staff thrown across his shoulder, all set within a surround of craggy rocks to each side and with trees above, including pine, the straight sides of the cover and the box with a simple but wide key-pattern register, the base flat and lacquered black. 4 1/2in (11.4cm) diameter
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明 十五/十六世紀 剔紅達摩圖圓盒The monk, Bodhidharma, a semi-historical figure, was said to have traveled to China from India sometime in the 5th or 6th century CE. He is considered the first patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, and while there is some evidence for his historical existence, very little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is extant, and subsequent accounts became layered with legend. It was said that he was from a Brahman family in southern India and possibly of royal lineage and scholars have concluded his place of birth to be Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. After becoming a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma traveled to ChinaVarious accounts from the life of Bodhidharma have become embedded in the imagery of this saintly figure. After being refused entry to the Shaolin Monastery, he retreated to meditate in a nearby cave, staring at the cave wall in total silence for nine years. A popular image in Chinese painting during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Three years after the death and burial of Bodhidharma, an official from a nearby kingdom (who had not heard of the monk's death) encountered the old patriarch walking back to India with one sandal in his hand. On the re-telling of this encounter, a disbelieving audience opened Bodhidharmas tomb and found it empty save for the other sandal. This too became a popular subject and possibly the one depicted on our box. For a smaller but similar circular cinnabar box, dated 16th/17th century, see Sotheby's, New York, 17 September 2014, lot 551. For a later eighteenth century example depicting Bodhidharma under pine, see Littleton & Hennessy, Asian Art, London, www.littletonandhennessy.com, Lacquer, un-numbered.
