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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘FIGURAL’ BOX
AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
of circular section, the cover carved in relief with a
central figure leading a horse towards a boy in an idyllic
mountainscape, the sides of the box and cover all decorated
with diaper patterns, the interiors and base lacquered black
(2)
13.7 cm, 5⅜ in.
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 31,300-52,500 US$ 4,000-6,700

清十八世紀 剔紅牽馬圖蓋盒

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A RARE ‘QIANGJIN’ AND ‘TIANQI’ LACQUER
‘CARP’ BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD
of circular section, the cover incised and painted in the
qianjin technique and further detailed in tianqi polychrome
enamels, decorated with a large carp emerging from
turbulent waves against a diaper ground, the sides decorated
with further wave motifs, the interiors and base lacquered
red, the base with an apocryphal eight character Wanli mark
(2)
10.9 cm, 4¼ in.
‡ £ 4,000-6,000
HK$ 41,700-62,500 US$ 5,400-8,000
明萬曆 戧金填漆鯉躍龍門蓋盒
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PROPERTY FROM A SPANISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND
COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
of lobed form, the cover crisply carved with various flower
blossoms against a diaper ground all enclosed by a keyfret
border, the box similarly carved with a diaper ground, the
interior and base lacquered black
(2)
13.1 cm, 5¼in
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 31,300-52,500 US$ 4,000-6,700
清乾隆 剔紅花卉紋花式蓋盒

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