Black-Lacquer Writing Box

with top inlaid with mother-of-pearl scene
of an elegant gathering, the base
with birds and prunus branch design

Length: 42.5 cm. (16 in.)
Width: 27.3 cm. (10 in.)
Height: 9.5 cm. (3 in.)

Late Ming dynasty
Late 16th-17th century A.D.

Formerly in a Japanese collection

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