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It is also very rare to fnd lacquer boxes of this octalobed shape and size in
four-color lacquer carved with fgural scenes. A pair of larger (42 cm. diam.)
four-color boxes of circular cushion shape carved with scenes of foreigners
on the covers was sold at Christie’s New York, 19 March 2009, lot 591. Other
boxes and covers of circular cushion form of comparable size, in red lacquer
only, that are carved on the cover with fgural scenes are illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 46 - Lacquer Wares
of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pp. 10-11, pl. 6, with Qianlong mark,
and pp. 56-57, pls. 37 and 38, dated middle Qing. Two Qianlong-marked
boxes of lobed cushion form, with six rather than eight lobes, of slightly
smaller size (29.6 cm. diam.), also in red lacquer and carved on the cover with
a fgural scene, are also illustrated, pp. 12-15, pls. 7 and 8.

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