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A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER Compare with a related box and cover, 18th century, illustrated in
‘ELEGANT GATHERING’ BOX AND COVER Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colours: Treasured Lacquerware in
Jiaqing the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, pl.160, p.152; and another
The cover crisply incised in the central medallion with a vividly-detailed example illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
scene of literati and their attendants engaged in various elegant arts, Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2006,
under a pavilion two scholars play a game of weiqi, another gazes at a pl.37, p.57.
scholar at his desk painting on a fan between two admiring gentlemen,
three boy-attendants gather around the stove to prepare tea, another
scholar is followed by his attendant carrying a qin, all within a
mountainous landscape of various diaper grounds with gnarling pine,
bamboo and wutong trees, all enclosed by a lotus-scroll band and
a key-fret border and lappets, the sides with eight panels containing
scenes of scholars and attendants within landscapes, on a ground of
densely-scrolling lotus.
37.4cm (14 3/4in) diam. (2).

£20,000 - 30,000
CNY180,000 - 260,000

清嘉慶 剔紅西園雅集圖捧盒

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.