Page 96 - Bonhams Hong Kong The Skinner Moon Flasks

112
A LARGE AND RARE IMPERIAL CINNABAR LACQUER
‘BUDDHIST LIONS’ BOX AND COVER
Qianlong six-character and Suanni Baohe four-character marks
and of the period
Superbly carved on the rectangular cover in varying depths of relief
with three Buddhist lions playing with a beribonned ball amidst flame
scrolls, reserved on floral cash-motif diaper ground, the lions with
playful expressions, with carefully incised and well detailed fur, mane
and bushy tail, each side with a central frame enclosing whorl-motifs,
all enclosed within rectangular bands of key-fret repeated around the
edges further framing foliate lotus scrolls reserved on a leiwen diaper
ground, the box with a key-fret border carved around the edges, the
interior and underside lacquered black, the base with an incised-gilt
Qianlong six-character kaishu mark and the underside of the cover
with an incised gilt suanni baohe kaishu mark, ‘Treasured Box of
Lions’, fitted box.
32.8cm (12 7/8in) wide. (3).
HK$1,600,000 - 2,000,000
US$210,000 - 260,000
清乾隆 剔紅端獅戲球長方蓋盒
陰刻填金「大清乾隆年製」、「狻猊寶盒」款

38 | BONHAMS