• 3. Carved Tixi Lacquer Brush and Cover

    3. Carved Tixi Lacquer Brush and Cover

    Ming dynasty, 1368 - 1644 
    Length: 25.3cm

    Carved lacquer brush and cover, each made of multiple layers of alternating black, red and ochre lacquer, carved through in V-shaped grooves to create curvilinear designs of ruyi cloud heads or pommel scrolls and double circle motifs arranged in regular rows against a black ground.

    Provenance:
    Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London.
    Private collection, acquired from the above in 2009.

    Exhibited:
    London, 2019, Eskenazi Limited.

    Published:
    Christie’s, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 13 - 14 September 2018, number 1224.
    Eskenazi Limited, Room for study: fifty scholars’ objects, London 2019, number 43.

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