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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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 A VERY RARE LARGE CARVED RED AND BLACK LACQUER   The highly auspicious decoration – the peach shape of the box, Shoulao and
 PEACH-FORM `SHOU’ BOX AND COVER  his crane, the twin fish, and the border of bats and stylized shou characters –
 QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)  are symbolic of longevity, good fortune, and happiness. The overall imagery
 The top of the cover is finely carved with a panel of conforming peach shape   conveyed is one that would suggest this box was made to commemorate a
 and is deeply carved on a diaper ground with a bowl containing auspicious   special birthday celebration, possibly commissioned by or for the emperor.
 emblems and a shou medallion flanked by two wan symbols beneath a ruyi-
 shaped panel containing a scene of Shoulao flying on a crane above the Eight   A pair of peach-form lacquer boxes carved with a more commonly seen design
 Immortals, Liu Hai, and another immortal, possibly Dongfang Shuo, shown   of a chun (Spring) character flanked by dragons above a bowl filled with
 riding on a bat, all enclosed by a border of bats and clouds beneath a pair of   auspicious objects, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2022, lot 2899.
 confronting fish. The sides of the cover and the box are carved with a key-fret
 border at the rims and two rows of sixty permutations of the shou character on
 a leiwen ground. The interior and base are lacquered black.  清乾隆 剔紅群仙祝壽圖桃式大盒
 17¿ in. (43.4 cm.) wide  來源:
 Royal Phoenix, 紐約, 1986年
 $60,000-80,000
 PROVENANCE:
 Royal Phoenix, New York, 1986.
































































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