Property from the Kaisendo Museum

A SUPERBLY CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'MAGPIE' TRAY

SIGNED YANG MAO, YUAN DYNASTY

蟹仙洞博物館藏品

元 剔紅花鳥紋盤

《楊茂造》針刻款

of circular form, the interior carved through layers of red lacquer with a pair of confronting magpies with outstretched wings and long tail plumage flying amidst peony blossoms wreathed in profuse foliage, the underside carved with ruyi scrolls, the base lacquered black and incised with the inscription Yang Mao zao ('Made by Yang Mao'), Japanese wood box

31.8 cm, 12 ½ in.