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A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘BUDDHIST Lacquer boxes decorated with a related design include one
LION’ BOX AND COVER of rectangular form in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, cat. no. 34; a six-
lobed box and cover sold in these rooms, 15th June 1979, lot
the cover delicately carved in varying levels of relief with three 250; another sold in these rooms, 16th May 2018, lot 37; and a
lions dancing around a brocade ball surrounded by auspicious polychrome lacquer circular box sold at Christie’s London, 7th
emblems, their tufts of fur finely detailed, all reserved on a November 2017, lot 115.
geometric diaper ground with the wan symbol, enclosed by a
keyfret border at the rim, the side of the box and cover carved £ 10,000-15,000
with floral roundels against a floral diaper ground, the interior HK$ 102,000-152,000 US$ 13,000-19,400
and base lacquered black
(2) 清乾隆 剔紅瑞獅戯球紋圓蓋盒
18.2 cm, 7⅛ in.
來源
PROVENANCE Spink & Son. Ltd.， 倫敦（標籤）
Spink & Son Ltd., London (according to label).
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