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A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED IMPERIAL POLYCHROME LACQUER
RECTANGULAR TRAY
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The tray is fnely carved through the red, green and yellow layers with a central Chun character
superimposed with a medallion of Shoulao fanked by two fve-clawed dragons amidst clouds and fames
above the multi-colored rays radiating from a basket flled with the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems),
all below four fnely detailed fgural panels and babao on the shallow, gently everted sides, which are
decorated on the exterior with lingzhi scroll and green bamboo leaves. The base is inscribed with the reign
mark in a line above a four-character inscription, Chunshou Baopan (‘Eternal Spring Dish’).
8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) long, cloth box with inscription
$120,000-180,000

清乾隆 剔彩「春壽」長方倭角盤 六字楷書橫刻款

PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 25 October 1993, lot 513.
Hugh Moss.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1560.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.

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