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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DAN GARSON, example, many of these boxes feature felicitous
ATLANTA, GEORGIA scenes of scholars or children enjoying leisure
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER activities. The virtuosity of the artisan’s skill can
BOX AND COVER be seen in the compositional complexity, the
variety of depths and angles at which leaves
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG and petals emerge, the naturalistic roundness
PERIOD of the " gures and the sway of their clothes, and
the " neness and variety of the diaper patterns
the circular cover carved in high relief with a
lakeside scene of nine boys " shing, paddling, covering the ground.
and gathering lotus, the landscape with rich A box of this type, but slightly larger and
vegetation and gnarled rocks, all encircled by depicting a ‘! ower presentation’ scene, from the
bands of keyfret and lotus lappets, the sides of Qing court collection, now in the Palace Museum,
the box and cover each with four quatrelobed Beijing, is illustrated in Li Jiufang, The Complete
cartouches containing blossoming and fruiting Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
plants, one of the ‘Eight Auspicious Emblems’ Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, vol. 46,
between each cartouche, all reserved against Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 37. A similar box, larger
diaper grounds, keyfret bands at the rims and still and illustrating an Immortal accompanied
foot, the interiors and base lacquered black (2) by attendants in a mountainous landscape, sold
Diameter 8⅞ in., 22.2 cm at Christie’s London, 10th November 2015, lot
172. A related Qianlong mark and period box of
PROVENANCE hexagonal lobed form sold in our London rooms,
John Sparks Ltd., London. 25th November 2015, lot 228.
The lacquer arts ! ourished in the Qianlong $ 18,000-25,000
period, with carved cinnabar boxes representing
one of the principal categories. Like the present ૶৻ඤ ࡜ߎஃ෨ᏃᏕྡႊଷ
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