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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY AND GENTLEMAN Compare a larger box of this type carved with scholars and
attendants amidst a garden scene, from the Qing Court
A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘SHOULAO’ collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete
LACQUER BOX AND COVER Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Lacquer
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 37; another
published in K. Herberts, Oriental Lacquer Art and Technique,
of rounded form, the cover intricately carved in layers with London, 1992, pp 26-7; and one, carved with figures in a
an animated scene depicting Shoulao and two attendants landscape, in the British Museum, London, registration no.
carrying a double gourd and a basket of offerings, under 1958,0729.35.
towering paulownia and pine trees within a rocky landscape, £ 8,000-12,000
enclosed by a keyfret and lappet border, the sides of the cover HK$ 81,500-122,000 US$ 10,400-15,500
and box detailed with panels of blooming foliage including
peony, prunus and lotus, alternating with auspicious emblems,
the interior and base lacquered black 清乾隆 剔紅壽老童子圖圓蓋盒
(2)
17.3 cm, 6¾ in.

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