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A SUPERB AND RARE CINNABAR LACQUER 宋 剔紅穿芝螭龍纏枝菊花盤
‘CHILONG’ DISH
SONG DYNASTY
with shallow rounded sides supported on a countersunk
base, the interior carved with a central medallion enclosing
a pair of chilong sinuously clambering around two lingzhi
blooms borne on meandering scrolls echoing the curling
bifurcated tails of the sinuous chilong, encircled by pairs of
chrysanthemum blooms borne on undulating leafy stems
around the cavetto, the reverse carved with two rows of ruyi
heads, the countersunk base lacquered red
19.6 cm, 7⅝ in.
HK$ 3,000,000-5,000,000
US$ 383,000-640,000

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