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A WELL CARVED CINNABAR
LACQUER LOBED BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
of quatrefoil form, the cover finely carved with
Magu and her acolytes preparing a celebration
amidst an idyllic mountainous landscape
detailed with an overhanging pine tree, pavilion
and two recumbent deer, with further acolytes
travelling across the swirling waves on a shaft
with a peach, the sides with cartouches of floral
blooms and leaves divided by the bajixiang
emblems, all reserved against diaper grounds,
the interiors and base lacquered black
(2)
32.3 cm, 12¾ in.
A polychrome lacquer box of similar shape,
carved to the top with bats, cranes and peach-
es, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated
in Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Diaoqi/Carved Lac-
quer In The Collection Of The Palace Museum,
Beijing, 1995, pl. 328.
£ 20,000-30,000
HK$ 206,000-308,000 US$ 26,200-39,300
清乾隆 剔紅麻姑獻壽圖海棠式
蓋盒

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