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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品

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A RARE AND LARGE RED AND YELLOW LACQUER ‘DRAGONS’ 清中期 剔紅海水雲龍戲珠紋長方大盒
BOX AND COVER
Mid-Qing Dynasty Provenance:
The high rectangular cover masterfully carved through two thick An American private collection
layers of lacquer, the upper layer red and the lower layer yellow, vividly
decorated with two five-clawed writhing dragons emerging from 來源：
tumultuously crashing waves releasing splashes of foam, facing each 美國私人收藏
other from a distance ferociously chasing a flaming pearl, surrounded
by undulating scrolling clouds, the sides elaborately carved with
rectangular panels, each framed within a rope work border encircling
two flying bats amidst a dense ground of curling foliage issuing a
blooming chrysanthemum at the centre symmetrically flanked by lotus
flowers, the box deftly decorated in openwork with a ruyi-head border
at the rim, supported on bracket feet.
106cm (41 5/8in) long x 47.5cm (18 5/8in) deep x 18.5cm (7 1/4in) high (2).
HK$600,000 - 800,000
US$77,000 - 100,000

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