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AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL CINNABAR AND TIANQI
LACQUER CARVED ‘PLUM BLOSSOM’ ‘PICNIC’ BOX SET,
COVER AND STAND
Qianlong
The elaborate set comprising a cinnabar lacquer cover with lobed
sides, finely carved on the upper surface with six tribute bearers
carrying scrolls, coral vases, coins and other offerings set within a
mountainous landscape scene dotted with rocks and paulownia trees,
the vertical sides of the cover carved with cartouches depicting the
‘Hundred Antiques’, all on a diaper ground, the interior with a further
two-tiered ‘prunus blossom’ box accommodating five smaller boxes
enclosing a central circular box, all finely decorated with polychrome
designs depicting delicate sprays of blossoming lotus, supported on a
separate cinnabar lacquer stand, the upper surface incised with a large
floral bloom radiating tendrils, the sides carved with a honeycomb
pattern, raised on five cabriole legs.
16.8cm (6 5/8in) high x 19.5cm (7 5/8in) wide. (17).

£60,000 - 80,000
CNY540,000 - 720,000

清乾隆 剔紅胡人進寶梅花式套盒

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Lot 35: Spink & Son Ltd., A Selection of E. A. Parry (1879-1946), London, acquired from the above on
31 March 1925, and thence by descent
Oriental Works of Art, London, circa 1924,
p.17, no.281 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Spink & Son Ltd., A Selection of Oriental Works of Art, London,
circa 1924, p.17, no.281

來源：
倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
倫敦E. A. Parry（1879-1946）舊藏，於1925年3月31日購自上者，
並由後人保存迄今

展覽著錄：
Spink & Son Ltd.，《A Selection of Oriental Works of Art》，倫敦，
約1924年，頁17，編號281

Lot 35 (invoice)

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