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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION | 瓊肯珍藏重要中國藝術

~676
AN UNUSUAL SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID 清乾隆 黑漆螺鈿六方蓋盒 方框四字篆書款
BLACK LACQUER SHALLOW HEXAGONAL
來源:
BOX AND COVER 盧芹齋，紐約，1956年7月24日。
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INLAID MARK WITHIN A
SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 史蒂芬 • 瓊肯三世（1978年逝）珍藏。
The flat top of the cover is finely inlaid with a central flower head from
which radiate six spiralled sections inlaid with various diaper patterns on The inlay on this box is stylistically similar to that seen
different colored grounds that continue down onto the sloping shoulder on a hexagonal mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer
and are repeated on the sides of the box. A pair of deer is inlaid inside the box and cover illustrated by G. Tsang and H. Moss,
cover and a sprig of lingzhi inside the box. A Qianlong four-character mark Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986,
within a gold square is inlaid on the base. pp. 168-69, no. 144, which bears a Qianli rather than
a Qianlong mark, and is dated probably late Ming
2 in. (5 cm.) wide dynasty. On both boxes the background inlay for the
panels on the cover and shoulder are of a pronounced
$40,000-60,000
green, purple or blue color and are of three different
patterns. The inlay on the interior also appears
PROVENANCE:
C.T. Loo, New York, 24 July 1956. to be similar.
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection.

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