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A PAIR OF CARVED RED LACQUER
CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS
18TH CENTURY

Each box and cover is carved in high relief
with an intricate design of a multitude of
plum blossoms, buds and leaves, growing on
slender branches, with the interiors in black
lacquer.

2 in. (5 cm.) diam. (2)

$8,000-12,000

Compare the present examples with a similar
red lacquer box and cover, dated to the Qianlong
period, sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 13 June 2012, lot
24. See, also, another comparable example, dated
18th century, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28
November 2006, lot 1695.
清十八世紀 剔紅梅花紋圓盒一對

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