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From its ruyi-head shape to the decorative
motifs, the present two-tiered box abounds with
auspicious symbolism: the five bats represent
the Five Blessings (wu fu) of wealth, longevity,
health, love of virtue and a peaceful death. The
wishes of longevity and good fortune are also
reinforced by the presences of the peaches of
Immortality and by the well-wishing ruyi-head,
which is a pun for the phrase wan shi ru yi (萬事
如意), ‘May everything go as you wish’. Tiered
lacquer boxes with similar stands are illustrated
in Collections of the Palace Museum: Carved
Lacquer Ware, Beijing, 1995, pp.264-265,
no.181; and in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved
Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, 1971, no.38.

704
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER
QUATREFOIL ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ BOX AND
COVER
Qianlong
The box and cover with straight sides rising to
a flat cover top, finely carved within the thick
beaded edge with three mythical beasts among
tumultuous waves, their features and manes
finely incised, turbulent waves crashing and
foaming beneath their claws, the sides with
hexagonal brocade pattern repeated on the box,
the interior and base black.
15.4cm (6 1/8in) wide. (2).
704
£2,000 - 4,000
CNY18,000 - 36,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

清乾隆 剔紅海獸紋海棠式蓋盒

See a pair of Imperial red and green lacquer
boxes and covers, Qianlong, with similar design
of mythical beasts, illustrated by J.Ayers,
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the
Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.III,
London, 2016, nos.1971 and 1972. See also a
related carved cinnabar lacquer lobed ‘dragon-
fish’ box and cover, 18th century, which was
sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 278.

705
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER LOBED
‘TRIBUTE-BEARERS’ BOX AND COVER
Qianlong
Finely carved on the cover with a ruyi-shaped
medallion enclosing two tribute-bearers on a
lakeshore dotted with pine trees, the rocks and
trees finely detailed, the sky, water and ground
picked out with different brocade patterns, all
within a raised interlocking edge and ruyi border,
the rounded sides of the box and cover with an
hexagonal cell pattern above a key-fret band at
the foot.
13.2cm (5 2/8in) wide. (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000 705
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

清乾隆 剔紅開光使者進貢圖如意形蓋盒

See a related example showing foreign tribute-
bearers, illustrated by C.Lihua, Many Splendors:
Yuan, Ming and Qing Lacquerware from the
Chao Collection, Beijing, 2010, no.72.

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