China: Late 15th/Early 16th Century
Height: 5.1/2in [ 14cm ]
Width: 4in [ 10.2cm ]
A four-colour cinnabar lacquer square three-tiered box and cover, on a shaped foot, the top carved in deep
relief with a boy riding on the
back of a qilin before another standing figure carrying a long pole with hanging silk tassels, the figures on
a riverbank among rockwork
below willow branches and the moon, the ground carved geometric designs, the sides of each tier with
flowering peony branches, the
interior dark brown.