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A RARE AND FINELY CARVED LARGE RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The fat center of the cover is fnely carved with a vase that stands on a rock rising from wind-tossed waves
scattered with foating Daoist treasures, anbaxian, and is flled with stems of roses below a small taiji
symbol depicted as two fsh and fanked by a pair of fve-clawed dragons slithering amidst lingzhi-form
clouds and fames as they pursue faming pearls, all encircled by a band of leafy rose scroll bordered by
narrow bands of shou characters and petal lappets above a wide band of fruiting and fowering peach
branches interspersed with ten bats on the rounded sides of the cover and repeated on the sides of the
box above a band of key fret encircling the foot, the fruit fnely detailed with various diaper patterns. The
interior and base are covered in black lacquer.
15¡ in. (39 cm.) diam., hongmu wood stand
$100,000-150,000
PROVENANCE
Y. K. Ma Antiques, Hong Kong, 1950s, and thence by descent within the family.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.
清乾隆 剔紅暗八仙紋圓蓋盒

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