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Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品

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A VERY RARE AND LARGE IMPERIAL CARVED POLYCHROME A similar cinnabar lacquer circular box with carving of dragon and
LACQUER ‘NINE DRAGON’ BOX AND COVER clouds and the Chinese character for longevity (shou), Jiajing, from the
Jiajing six-character mark and of the period Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and
The domed circular cover carved in the center with a long coiling Ming Dynasties: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
five-clawed dragon issuing clouds from its mouth forming a wispy Museum, Hong Kong, 2006, p.154, no.115. Similar treatment of the
shou character, all amidst further ruyi-head clouds and above waves shou character made from a single ribbon of smoke can be found
crashing against rocks, the sides with a band of phoenix and cranes on several cinnabar lacquer boxes and trays from the Jiajing reign,
in flight and a further band of four shaped panels containing dragons, including those illustrated in ibid., nos.117, 121 and 133.
interspersed with the bajixiang against a diaper ground, the base
similarly decorated, the interior and base lacquered black. Compare with a related but smaller cinnabar polychrome lacquer box
39.1cm (15 3/8in) diam. (2). and cover, similarly carved with dragons, Jiajing, which was sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2096.
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000

明嘉靖 剔彩雲龍捧壽圓蓋盒
描金「大明嘉靖年製」楷書款

Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

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