Page 18 - Bonhams Catalog Cohen and Cohen Jan 24, 2023 New York

2
A FAMILLE ROSE, IRON-RED AND GILT OCTAGONAL BOX AND Provenance:
DOMED COVER John Berwald, London
Qianlong-Jiaqing period, circa 1790-1810
Brightly decorated in ‘rose’ enamels with single flower sprigs and Published:
butterflies to a large octagonal, lightly domed panel on the cover Cohen & Cohen, The Elephant in the Room, Antwerp, 2019, pp. 22-
exterior and centered by an iron-red and gilt roundel of two flying 23, no. 9
cranes, the panel surrounded by a band of gilt scrolling lotus or
hibiscus above a thin band of diaper cell between molded gilt lines 來源：
at the rim, the exterior of the box painted with eight composite floral 倫敦John Berwald古董行
groupings above a further diaper cell band at the stepped foot, the
interiors of the box and cover similarly painted with loose flower sprigs 出版：
and butterflies. 倫敦Cohen & Cohen古董行，《The Elephant in the Room》，安特衛
10 1/4in (27.5cm) across 普，2019年，頁22-23，圖版編號9（定 雍正/乾隆時期）
$7,000 - 10,000 This rare box form may have been made for the Chinese market. The
central roundel on the lid is of two facing cranes in flight, one carrying
乾嘉時期 約1790-1810年 粉彩礬紅描金花蝶紋八方蓋盒 the sacred fungus, lingzhi, a pun for ‘may the crane and the fungus
extend your years.” The crane (he) is a symbol of immortality and high
rank. The crane is also a pun for “together.” Additional meanings are
associated with cranes when seen with various flowers as depicted on
this piece. (See Bartholomew, 2006, 5.6.1 and 7.13.2.)

For an identically molded octagonal box and cover dated to the
Yongzheng period (1723-35) and painted with grisaille panels on dense
multi-colored cell grounds to the sides and the eight Daoist immortals
to the cover centered by a yin-yang symbol, see Cohen & Cohen,
Tiptoe Through the Tulipieres, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 24-25, no. 17.

16 | BONHAMS