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A LARGE CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER
‘BAJIXIANG’ BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
modelled with eight rounded sides raised on a short
spreading foot, the cover crispy carved through deep
layers of lacquer with a stylised chrysanthemum bloom
framed by ruyi pendants to the centre, encircled by
bajixiang (‘Eight Buddhist Emblems’) evenly scattered
amidst various leafy floral sprays, reserved against
a green and yellow diaper ground, encircled by ruyi
pendant and keyfret borders, decorated to each side
with a panel of basketry amongst lotuses borne on
meandering leaves, the box similarly decorated, the
interiors and base lacquered black
(2)
Width 44 cm, 17¼ in.
Compare this box with a similarly rendered box, but with
gilt design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
Lacquerware in the Collection of the Palace Museum.
Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2012, pl. 238.
† £ 20,000-30,000
HK$ 196,000-293,000 US$ 25,000-37,500
清乾隆 剔彩八吉祥紋八方蓋盒

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