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A rare and large circular lacquer box and cover
Qianlong
The cover brightly decorated in gilt and silver inlay on red lacquer with
a central shou medallion set with a five-petalled flower surrounded by
five double happiness characters alternating with lotus blooms within a
ruyi-head border, all within a band filled with chrysanthemum and lotus
encircled by a further band containing four pairs of red-capped cranes
alternating with gnarled and leafy branches issuing peaches, the box
similarly decorated with four cranes between flowering and fruiting
peach branches, the interiors with plain red lacquer in the nashiji style.
38.5cm (15¼in) diam. (2).
£20,000 - 30,000
HK$240,000 - 350,000 CNY190,000 - 280,000

清乾隆 紅漆描金嵌銀壽喜八鶴紋圓蓋盒

Compare a related gilt-decorated lacquer box and cover in the Qing
Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum: Lacquerware, Beijing, 2006, no.142 (see fig.1 left).

fig.1 A gilt-lacquered box and cover, Qing Dynasty; im-
age courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing.

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