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It is also very rare to find lacquer boxes of this
octalobed shape in four-color lacquer carved with
figural 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 figural 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 figural scene, are also illustrated, pp.
12-15, pls. 7 and 8.

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