A LARGE PAINTED LACQUER AND BASKETRY CIRCULAR BOX AND COVERLate Ming DynastySupported on a high flared foot, the cover depicting two peacocks in a garden settings with rocks, peonies, berries and flowers, the edges of the bamboo cane body lacquered with bands of flowerheads, the interior and the base covered with black lacquer.52.3cm (20 5/8in) diam. (2).For further information on this lot please visit theCondition Report: General sign of rub and wear. Scattered cracks to the lacquer. To the base few main cracks in the wood repaired, one visible to the interior as well.Nibbles to the edges with flaking of lacquer.In the cover painting scratches and areas of discoloration of the lacquer, but the pigments still in quite good conditions.Minor loss in the bamboo woven canes.Provenance:pare with a painted lacquer and basket work box in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, inventory no. ,B.