Yuan or possibly Early Ming Dynasty (13th-15th Century) The shallow domed cover carved through thick cinnabar layers divided by thin black layers with five 'pommel-scrolls surrounding five c-cloud lappets centered by a single small circle, the underside with five further pommel-scrolls and centered by a circular countersunk base lacquered in black (some cracks at stress points). 3 1/8in (7.8 cm) diameter