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A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘BOYS’ A CINNABAR LACQUER ‘WANG XIZHI’ A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER BOX AND COVER ‘IMMORTAL’ PEACH FORM BOXES AND
18th century Qianlong COVERS
The cover carved in relief with a scene of Of hexagonal form, the top carved to depict 18th century
five boys cavorting together holding fruits the master calligrapher seated on a garden Each domed cover carved with a central
and branches in a rocky garden, framed by veranda beside a boy attendant, looking out cartouche respectively depicting Li Tieguai
pine trees and other plants, all encircled by across a watery landscape to observe four riding a large double gourd, and Lu
bands of ruyi heads, the sides of the box and geese, the sides with a honeycomb pattern, Dongbin riding a leaf, atop a sea of waves,
cover each with four quatrelobed cartouches the interior and base lacquered black. each scene within a border of bats with
containing blossoming plants, all reserved 14.1cm (5 1/2in) wide (2). interlocking wings, encircled by a honeycomb
against a ground of lotus flowers on scrolling pattern, the box decorated en-suite, the
foliage, the interiors and base lacquered £1,500 - 2,000 interior and base lacquered black.
black. HK$15,000 - 19,000 11.5cm (4 1/2in) long (4).
24cm (9 1/2in) diam. (2). CNY13,000 - 17,000
£1,500 - 2,000
£4,000 - 6,000 Wang Xizhi is said to have developed his HK$15,000 - 19,000
HK$39,000 - 58,000 unique calligraphic style by watching the CNY13,000 - 17,000
CNY34,000 - 51,000 graceful swimming of geese. A brush pot
with a related design in the Palace Museum, Compare with a similar pair of peach-shaped
Beijing, is illustrated in The Palace Museum: boxes and covers with Daoist Immortals,
Peking, London, 1982, pl. 170 Qianlong, which was presented by the
Qianlong emperor to Lord Macartney’s
Embassy of 1792-1794, illustrated by J.
Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art
in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen,
London, 2016, p.865, nos.1988-1989.

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