Age: Ming dynasty

Description: A rare Chinese Cinnabar lacquer "lychee" seal paste box and cover, of circular form carved top and bottom exquisitely in relief with lychee and foliage. The ground minutely carved a floral diaper ground. The interior lacquered black.

Size: 3 1/4", 8.2 cm diameter

Provenance: From a French home

Lot Notes: See a similar box in Sotheby’s, 15 September 2015, Important Chinese Art, New York, Lot #253.

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