A Black 'Tixi' Lacquer Dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th / 16th Century

A Black 'Tixi' Lacquer Dish, Ming Dynasty, 15th / 16th Century

of circular form, carved through layers of red and black lacquer on a dark-brown ground with three concentric registers of ruyi-head pommels encircling a four-point star in the center, with a classic scroll to the exterior encircling the countersunk base lacquered black, Japanese wood box (2). diameter 9 in., 22.8 cm. Estimate 6,000—8,000 USD

Sotheby's. Chinese Works of Art. 17 Mar 09.New York www.sothebys.com Photo courtesy Sotheby's