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Lacquer box for robes or scrolls

Lost Art-ID

594122

Artist / Creator

Unknown (China)

Title

Lacquer box for robes or scrolls

Dating

1368/1644 (Ming-Dynastie)

Object type

Container

Group of reported objects

Crafts and other folk arts

Material / Technique

Lacquer black ; Wood ; Metal (Bronze)

Height

30.00 cm

Width

50.00 cm

Description

Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay, tendrils and bats with fruit in their beaks.

Provenance

From the Grosse Collection, Freiburg; 1929 (around) Ostasiatica Collection Dr. A. Breuer, Berlin; 1929 (around) - 1942 Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of the Ginsberg Collection were confiscated in Rotterdam by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD); whereabouts unknown

Literature / Source

Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr. 233/57; Ausst. Kat., Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, 1929, Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst, Januar - April 1929, Würfel-Verl., 1929, Nr. 758; Auktionskat. Cassirer/Helbing, Berlin, 15. Mai 1929, Nr. 79

Published since

10.02.2021

Contact

Olaf S. Ossmann

E-Mail

office@ossmann.ch