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A HUANGHUALI SCROLL BOX AND COVER Intricately carved with elaborate designs of chilong and yi, the present
18th century box was likely produced for use by a high-ranking member of the Qing
The rectangular cover exquisitely carved on each side with writhing Court or scholar-official elite. Scroll boxes bearing a similar form as the
archaistic chilong amidst scrolling clouds and auspicious lingzhi, the present example were favoured by the Qianlong emperor to preserve
base with two scroll supports in the form of chilong with curved backs, his own poems and essays.
the base and cover interior lacquered red.
59.5cm (23 1/2in) long. (2). Compare with a related zitan scroll box, 18th century, illustrated in Qing
Legacies: The Sumptuous Art of Imperial Packaging, Macau, 2000,
£8,000 - 12,000 no.4. See also a related carved cinnabar lacquer box decorated with
CNY63,000 - 94,000 dragons, Qianlong, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated
in Ibid., no.14. Compare with a related pair of zitan scroll boxes,
十八世紀 黃花梨長方卷軸盒 Qianlong, which were sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 1998,
lot 231.

(two views)

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