{"id":18922,"date":"2023-02-24T13:40:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.littletonandhennessy.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=18922"},"modified":"2023-03-02T19:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:58:28","slug":"a-superbly-carved-red-lacquer-peony-box-yongle-mark-and-period-1403-1424","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.littletonandhennessy.com\/zh-hans\/product\/a-superbly-carved-red-lacquer-peony-box-yongle-mark-and-period-1403-1424\/","title":{"rendered":"A superbly carved red lacquer \u2018peony\u2019 box (Ming dynasty, Yongle mark and period, 1403-1424)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 6.4cm high, 18.7cm diameter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provenance:<\/strong><br \/>\nSotheby\u2019s Hong Kong, 17\/05\/1988, lot 341<\/p>\n<p>Bluett &amp; Sons, 1988<\/p>\n<p>Michael H. Healy, 1990<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Carter, 2015<\/p>\n<p>A private Asian collection<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibited:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bluett &amp; Sons London, 1989<\/p>\n<p>Honolulu Academy of Art, 2002<\/p>\n<p>China Institute of America, New York, 2005<\/p>\n<p>Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2006<\/p>\n<p>Museum f\u00fcr Lackkunst, M\u00fcnster, 2007<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Illustrated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018From Innovation to Conformity, Chinese Lacquer from the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 16<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>centuries\u2019, Krahl &amp; Morgan, Bluett, London 1989, no.19.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer from the Mike Healy Collection\u2019, Julia White, Honolulu Academy of Art, 2006, no.20, p. 62-63<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The straight-sided box well-carved with a central open peony amidst foliage and budding blossoms. The sides of the box are covered in folding leaves with peony and chrysanthemum flowers. The densely executed design and the elegant, straight sides are typical for lacquer boxes of this period. The base of the box is incised with a partially obscured six-character Yongle imperial mark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although cautiously dated to the Yongle period, this box demonstrates characteristics very similar to lacquer objects in the Palace Museum, Beijing, dated Yuan dynasty.[1] In particular, the full, crowded design and \u2018the tendency toward an overlapping and folded leaf design\u2019 can also be seen on earlier Yuan period pieces.[2] This design has important symbolic value. In Chinese art, peonies are a symbol of honour, loyalty, rank and wealth whilst chrysanthemum symbolises longevity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p>[1] Chen Chang, ed., \u2018<em>Zhongguo qiji quanji<\/em> (Lacquer Treasures from China), vol. 4: <em>Sanguo-Yuan <\/em>(Three Kingdoms-Yuan dynasty)\u2019, Fujian, China, 1998, cat. no. 157, p. 173 and cat. No. 159, p. 175<\/p>\n<p>[2] Julia M. White, \u2018Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer from the Mike Healy Collection\u2019, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2002, p. 62<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimensions: 6.4cm high, 18.7cm diameter &nbsp; Provenan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18828,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[796],"product_tag":[800,363,799,801,798],"class_list":{"0":"post-18922","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-tefaf-maastricht-2023-chinese-lacquer","7":"product_tag-healy","8":"product_tag-lacquer","9":"product_tag-tefaf","10":"product_tag-tefaf-2023","11":"product_tag-tefaf-maastricht","12":"has-post-title","13":"has-post-date","14":"has-post-category","15":"has-post-tag","16":"has-post-comment","17":"has-post-author","18":"","20":"first","21":"instock","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A superbly carved red lacquer \u2018peony\u2019 box (Ming dynasty, Yongle mark and period, 1403-1424) - Littleton &amp; 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