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A RARE PAIR OF CARVED FOUR-COLOR LACQUER OCTALOBED PROVENANCE
BOXES AND COVERS Private collection, France.
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820) Christie’s Paris, 21 December 2009, lot 342.
The Studio of the Clear Garden.
Each cover is fnely carved in the center through the red and green layers to
the ochre lacquer diaper ground with a diferent scene of fgures at various
pursuits in a garden setting, all within a narrow diaper border above the lobed
sides that are carved with panels of foliate sprays within angular scroll borders
that are repeated on the sides of the box. The interiors and base are covered in
black lacquer.
13¡ in. (34 cm.) wide, hongmu stands (2)
$100,000-150,000
清乾隆/嘉慶 剔彩亭臺人物圖八瓣式蓋盒一對
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