A Chinese "Tixi" lacquer dishMing dynastyCarved in low relief through layers of black and thinly layered cinnabar red lacquer with three bands of ruyi-head scrolls issuing from the central flower head, the exterior is carved with a row of pendent ruyi scrolls, all below a lobed rim. D: 10 in.PROVENANCE:Fomerly in a Japanese collection; acquired by the present owner in the UK