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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER LOBED ‘DRAGON FISH’ BOX TWO TIANQI AND QIANJIN POLYCHROME LACQUER
AND COVER RECTANGULAR PANELS
18th century 18th/19th century
The ruyi-shaped cover finely and deeply carved to the top with One panel skillfully incised and gilt with five wreathing five-clawed
four carp leaping out of tumultuous swirling waves, the sides of the dragons amidst luminous blue, red, yellow, brown and orange ruyi-
cover and box carved with flowerhead-diaper, the interior and base clouds above rocks and crashing waves, the other panel with two
lacquered black. 15.3cm (6in) long. (2). birds and prunus on a red diaper ground, the reverse with floral sprays,
both panels set in brown lacquer frames with floral scrolls.
£8,000 - 12,000 52cm (20 1/2in) wide x 37cm (14 1/2in) high. (2).
CNY71,000 - 110,000
£6,000 - 8,000
十八世紀 剔紅魚龍幻化如意形蓋盒 CNY54,000 - 71,000

Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd, London (label) 十八/十九世紀 填漆戧金五龍趕珠及喜鵲登梅掛屏 一組兩件

來源： 倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.（標貼） Provenance: an English private collection

The present lot belongs to a group of deeply carved cinnabar lacquer 來源： 英國私人收藏
boxes and covers which project a three-dimensional effect and a
sense of movement through precise knifework and expert execution.
Compare with a square cinnabar lacquer box, Qianlong mark and
of the period, with a very similar design of flying fish, illustrated in In
Pursuit of Antiquities: 40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu
Society, Hong Kong, 2001, p.330, no.228.

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