A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER 15th/16th century Finely decorated with a cusped central panel depicting a lady seated holding a lute in a landscape of pine, willow, bamboo and rockwork, on a ground of floral panels and geometric designs, the box with bracket-rimmed foot. 25.5cm (10 1/8in) long. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十五/十六世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿琵琶仕女圖長方蓋盒 Compare the cash-pattern and pine-needle inlay in a tray, 14th/15th century, illustrated by J.M.White, Masterpieces of Chinese Lacquer from the Mike Healy Collection, Honolulu, 2005, pl.8; see the cartouche shape on a tiered box and cover, 15th/16th century, illustrated in 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 1993, pl.92; and see the leafy scroll on the reverse of a tray, Wanli mark and period, illustrated by R.Krahl and B.Morgan, From Innovation to Conformity: Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to the 16th centuries, Bluett & Sons, London, 1989, pl.32. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com