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A cinnabar lacquer ‘Buddhist lion’ box and
cover
Qianlong
The six-lobed cover crisply incised with three
playful Buddhist lions encircling a brocade ball
tied with long ribbons streaming out amid fire
scrolls, all against a floral geometric ground,
the sides of the box and cover similarly incised
with panels of fretwork against a diamond
ground, the interior lacquered black.
18cm (7in) wide (2).
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$94,000 - 140,000
CNY75,000 - 110,000
清乾隆 剔紅三獅戲球圖葵瓣式蓋盒
For another example of a lacquer box and
cover with three Buddhist lions playing with
a tasselled ball, dated to the Qianlong period
and in the Muwentang Collection, see S.Kwan,
Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 2010, no.111.

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