The lobed lacquer dish is finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl with depictions of several archaic bronzes against a diaper ground, within a band of stylized floral design on the sides. The base is inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a three-character seal mark, ben jing tang (Hall of Self Reverence).
4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm.) across, Japanese wood box

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Five lacquer dishes, also inlaid in mother-of-pearl with images of ancient bronzes, were included in the exhibition, Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors, Scholars and Their Bronzes, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018, pl. 79-83.
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