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A FINELY CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER OCTAFOIL BOX AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The top of the cover is deeply carved within an octafoil panel to depict a rocky landscape scene in which
Shoulao carries a tray of peaches and walks with another immortal on the riverbank, and a further
immortal walks with his attendants holding a double gourd across a bridge. Each of the eight rounded
sides is decorated with fowers growing on branches within a cartouche, which is repeated on the
conforming box.
12. ¬ in. (32.4 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box, silk pouch
$100,000-150,000

PROVENANCE

Japanese private collection, acquired in the late 19th/early 20th century.
清乾隆 剔紅壽老圖八瓣式蓋盒

(another view)

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