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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Compare a related box and cover, inscribed with wanzi baohe
and a four-character Qianlong mark, from the Qing Court
A CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete
‘BOYS’ BOX AND COVER Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Lacquer Wares
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 10. Further boxes
of similar design include one, attributed to the eighteenth
of circular section, the cover delicately carved with an century, from the Avery Brundage collection and now in the
animated scene depicting a group of boys engaged in various Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, illustrated
pursuits in a fenced garden surrounded by pine, wutong and in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen. Chinese Art in Overseas Collections.
rocks, the side of the box and cover with further details of Lacquerware, Taipei, 1987, pl. 155; another sold in our Hong
various boys engaged in different activities, the interior and Kong rooms, 8th April 2007, lot 518; a slightly larger example
base lacquered black sold at Christie’s Paris, 14th December 2011, lot 41; and a
(2) fourth box sold at Christie’s New York, 14th/15th September
16.5 cm, 6½ in. 2017, lot 997.
PROVENANCE £ 60,000-80,000
HK$ 610,000-815,000 US$ 77,500-104,000
Gérard Lévy, Paris, 18th June 1977.
Collection Heliot, Paris.
清乾隆 銅胎剔紅錦地百子嬰戲圖蓋盒
Sumptuously carved with a lively scene of boys at play in a
garden, this vessel demonstrates the virtuosity of artisans 來源
working in the Qianlong period, evident in the complex Gérard Lévy,巴黎, 1977年6月18日
composition which has been fashioned from an array of angles Heliot收藏,巴黎
and depth of carving, the naturalistic fullness of the figures and
the folds of their clothes, and the variety of diaper patterns
covering the ground.

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