A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX 17th CenturyPROPERTY FROM THE MARY AND CHENEY COWLES COLLECTIONA MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX17th CenturyThe cover with a scene of two scholars holding fans in a garden landscape with tall outgrowths of bamboo and maple rising from a large garden rock to one side and with a simple cell border surround, the longer sides inlaid with flowering foliage centered by a metal lock plate on one side and two metal hinges on the other, the narrow sides inlaid with Daoist emblems and paraphernalia, the base and interiors black. 11in x 6 1/8in x 2 5/8in (27.9cm X 15.5cm x 6.7cm)十七世紀 黑漆螺鈿庭園高士圖長方蓋盒Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, by repute, 1980's來源：傳倫敦Spink & Son Ltd.，1980年代