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PROPERTY FROM THE MEE-DIN AND ROBERT W. MOORE COLLECTION OF CHINESE LACQUER
A black and red lacquer basket-weave domed square box and cover
Early-mid 17th centuryPainted with two cats amidst a host of flowering plants including peony, chrysanthemum and nandina set within four red-lacquered basket-weave panels on the domed sides and mirrored on the two-tiered box below and bordered by grooved bands and gilt decoration, the base painted with a two-character inscription, de ye, (which can be read as 'Tis the heart'). 7 1/2in (19cm) across
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十七早至中期世紀 漆繪狸貓圖盒蓋For other examples of similar form but with varying decoration, see James C.Y. Watt, The Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels, China Institute in America, New York, 1985. For an example dated to 1610 in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, see Sheila Riddell, Dated Chinese Antiquities, London and Boston, 1979, p.219, where she also illustrates another dated to 1620 in the British Museum. See also Zhu Jiajin and Xia Gengqi, Zhongguo qiqi quanji, Ming ( Lacquer treasures from China, Ming Dynasty). vol. 5, Fujian, 1997, p.198, pl.184, for an example without the central section.
