A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER Jiajing/Wanli (2)A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVERJiajing/WanliThe top of the cover exquisitely carved depicting a garden scene featuring a group of Court figures in a procession, the main figure on the far right of the scene flanked by an attendant holding a parasol over him, before an official holding a hu tablet and a pair of guards the scene at the far left featuring a small group of ladies holding offerings and banners, all set within a fenced terrace enclosing elegant pavilions and flowering shrubs issuing from jagged rocks, on a dense diaper ground, the sides decorated flowering leafy prunus branches, peonies and magnolias interspersed with magpies, the interior lacquered black. 37cm (14 1/2in) wide. (2).明嘉靖/萬曆 剔紅人物圖長方盒Compare a related rectangular box and cover, late Ming dynasty, decorated with scholars in a garden setting, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Beijing, 2006, pl.196; see also a slightly smaller rectangular lacquer box and cover, 16th century, illustrated by P.Frick, Chinesische Lackkunst, Münster, 2010, pl.23.Compare with a similarly-shaped box, 16th/17th century, decorated with Court figures in garden settings, illustrated in Chinesische Lackkunst, Munster, 2010, p.54. See also a carved rectangular cinnabar lacquer seal box and cover, 16th/17th century, illustrated in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colours: Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, n.75, which displays a similar designs of prunus and magpies on the sides.A related carved cinnabar lacquer 'one hundred boys' rectangular box, 16th century, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 77 (part lot).public_sentiment_keywords: Site+dynastyis_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item/51930652.jpgsold_price_type: £