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           A BONE-INLAID BLACK LACQUER SEAL CHEST AND COVER,   Compare with a related ivory-inlaid black-lacquered box with similar
           GUANPIXIANG                                       decoration, mid-Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
           18th century                                      Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shenzhen, 2006, p.259, no.193; see
           Of rectangular form and flanked by a pair of bail handles, painted in   also a black lacquer bone-inlaid sedan chair document box and cover,
           lustrous dark-black lacquer around the exterior and inlaid with bone   17th century, from the Sir Harry Garner collection in the Fitzwilliam
           scenes of children playing and scholars in leisure in front of large   Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in the Oriental Ceramic Society and
           screens, all amidst auspicious deer, phoenix, plants and trees, in the   British Museum exhibition Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing,
           distance rocky islands with pavilions and ruyi-head clouds above,   London, 1984, p.195, pl.282.
           with a detachable front panel concealing four drawers, the interior
           lacquered red.
           35.1cm (12 1/8in) high x 32.3cm (12 3/4in) wide x 21.2cm (8 3/8in)
           deep (3).
           £12,000 - 18,000
           CNY110,000 - 160,000
           十八世紀 黑漆嵌骨嬰戲圖長方匣































































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