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A LARGE TIANQI LACQUER LOBED BOX AND COVER A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX
18th/19th century AND COVER
The top finely incised and gilt a red lacquer ground in the centre with a Qianlong/Jiaqing
rosette medallion bordered by ruyi-heads, feathery lotus leaves and bats, Intricately carved on the cover with a central shou medallion encircled
all within a key-fret border, the sides similarly incised with lotus framed by five bats, wu fu amidst blooming peonies, the front, back and side
by angular archaistic scrolls, the interior and base lacquered black. panels similarly carved, the interior lacquered black and decorated
43cm (17in) diam. (2). with gilt floral sprigs, the sides fitted with bail handles, the front with a
foliate-incised rectangular lock plate and ruyi hasp, the interior with a
£8,000 - 12,000 gilt-decorated black lacquer tray.
CNY69,000 - 100,000 41.5cm (16 3/8in) wide (2).

十八/十九世紀 填漆纏枝福蓮紋葵瓣蓋盒 £3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000
Provenance: a distinguished European private collection
清乾隆/嘉慶 剔紅五福捧壽花卉紋寶奩
來源： 顯貴歐洲私人收藏
Provenance: a European private collection
A similarly shaped qianjin lacquer box, Qing dynasty, decorated with
dragons, is illustrated by P.Frick in Chinesische Lackkunst, 2010, 來源：歐洲私人收藏
Munster, 2010, pl.54, p.106.
Compare with a similar carved cinnabar lacquer document box
and cover, Qianlong, which was sold at Sotheby’s New York,
13 September 2016, lot 351.

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