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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 634

A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'DRAGON' SUT RA BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY,
QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD

A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'DRAGON' SUTRA BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 剔紅海水龍紋經盒

of rectangular form, the cover well carved in relief through the layers of rich red lacquer with a frontal five-clawed scaly dragon
beneath a pair of confronting dragons centered by a vertical rectangular panel, all against a dense ground of crisply executed
tumultuous crashing waves, the waisted box decorated with mirroring rows of petal lappets and keyfret borders, the four angled
bracket feet with incised flower blossoms, the inside cover similarly carved with a frontal dragon coiling around a 'Flaming Pearl'
amid crested waves, the interiors and bases lacquered in black (3)

Length 13⅞ in., 35.3 cm

Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, acquired by 1925.
Collection of Paul Alther.
Sotheby's London, 5th March 1974, lot 240.
English Private Collection, and thence by descent.

來源
Spink & Son, Ltd.，倫敦，1925年之前入藏
Paul Alther 收藏

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