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Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing 23
北京故宮博物院藏 A RARE LARGE CINNABAR LACQUER ‘HUNDRED BOYS,
XIWANGMU AND DAOIST IMMORTALS’ BOX AND COVER
50 | BONHAMS Late Ming Dynasty
The top of the domed cover carved with a circular panel featuring
the Queen Mother of the West with her attendant descending on a
phoenix to greet four of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, Zhongli
Quan, Li Tieguai and Cao Guojiu, the body further decorated with a
two tiered landscape scene of boys engaging in leisurely activities,
augmented by two bands of archaic chi dragon scrolls at the rim, all
raised above a flaring lotus lappet foot, box.
28.5cm (11 1/4in) wide (3).
HK$450,000 - 600,000
US$58,000 - 77,000
明晚期 剔紅雕漆「西王母群仙祝壽」圖蓋盒
Provenance 來源:
An American private collection acquired from Rare Art, New York in the
late 1980’s
美國私人收藏，於1980年代晚期購自紐約古董商Rare Art
