Ming Dynasty, 15th / 16th Century. The square-section body with a cover carved with a scholar and his two young attendants on a terrace beneath a pine tree, the sides with dense camellia, prunus and peach blossoms and bamboo carved to a yellow ground, the protruding foot rim with ruyi head feet and a shaped apron, the interior and base black-lacquered, 12.5cm H. (4) Provenance: Sotheby's December 19th 1983, lot 29. 明十五 / 十六世紀 剔紅士大夫圖紋三層蓋盒 來源:蘇富比1983年12月19日拍賣第29號。