A RARE LARGE BROWN LACQUER MALLOW-SHAPED BASIN Late Ming Dynasty Supported on eight bracket feet, rising to the everted foliate rim with eight lobes and ribs running down the cavetto, covered overall with a reddish-brown lacquer, fitted box. 44cm (17 1/4in) wide. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明晚期 褐漆葵口盆 Provenance: Kaikodo Asian Art, New York Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.121. 來源：紐約古董商懷古堂 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號121 Monochrome lacquer eight-petalled mallow-shaped dishes are known during the Song and Yuan dynasties; see an eight-petalled brown lacquer dish, 1200-1400, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by P.Carvalho, The World of Lacquer: 2000 Years of History, Lisbon, 2001, p.34, no.4. However, the overall form of this vessel has strong parallels to Wanli porcelain basins, see for example, In Pursuit of the Dragon: Traditions and Transitions in Ming Ceramics, Seattle, 1988, pp.128-129, nos.61 and 62. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com