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PROPERTY FROM THE KAISENDO MUSEUM 清乾隆 剔紅榴開百子蓋壺 PROPERTY FROM THE KAISENDO MUSEUM 清十八世紀 剔紅人物故事圖扇形蓋盒
A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘BOYS’ A CINNABAR LACQUER FAN-SHAPED BOX,
TEAPOT AND COVER COVER AND STAND
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the vessel carved in the form of a pomegranate fruit, the the flattened cover meticulously carved to the top with a scene
exterior rendered with boys at play, the waisted neck further of sages and attendants in an idyllic mountainous landscape,
decorated with a trompe l’oeil sash, the cover with globular the sides of box and cover carved with a honeycomb diaper
finial, Japanese wood box ground each enclosing a floret, the stand carved to the top
14.3 cm, 5⅝ in. with a diaper ground raised on five scroll feet, the interiors and
bases lacquered black, Japanese wood box
38.5 cm, 15⅛ in.
HK$ 240,000-300,000
US$ 31,100-38,800
HK$ 240,000-300,000
US$ 31,100-38,800
The sumptuous design of a lively scene of boys at play in a example sold in our London rooms, 11th May 2016, lot 78. The
garden is a popular motif in the Qianlong period. A Qianlong vivid naturalism of the handles, simulating gnarled branches, This rare lacquer box, skilfully conceived in the shape of a Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Lacquer Wares
box and cover, inscribed with wanzi baohe and a four-character is reminiscent of that on Qianlong porcelain. See, for example, fan, encapsulates the innovation and opulence of the Imperial of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 39.
reign mark, from the Qing court collection and still in Beijing, the similar treatment of the handles on a pair of famille-rose workshops in the Qianlong era. The sumptuous scene of sages Another rare 18th century fan-shaped cinnabar lacquer box
is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the teapots sold at Bonham’s London, 12th May 2011, lot 368. and attendants in an idyllic mountainous landscape is skilfully and cover of similar form, illustrated in Derek Clifford, Chinese
Palace Museum. Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong For lacquered Yixing teapots and cover, see a Qianlong mark carved in varying levels of relief. The conception of the box Carved Lacquer, London, 1992, pl. 108, was sold at Christie’s
Kong, 2006, pl. 10. Another Qianlong box and cover with and period example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and cover, and texture of the carved decoration, is reminiscent Hong Kong, 28th April 2003, lot 732.
a scene of boys at play was sold in our London rooms, 7th illustrated in K.S. Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing from the Ming of that on a smaller box and cover on a stand from the Qing
November 2018, lot 115. The form of the teapot itself is rare, Period to the Present Day, London, 1986, pl. VII, and a similar court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete
and few examples of lacquer teapots are recorded. example sold in our London rooms, 11th May 2016, lot 78. The
For lacquered Yixing teapots and cover, see a Qianlong mark vivid naturalism of the handles, simulating gnarled branches,
and period example in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is reminiscent of that on Qianlong porcelain. See, for example,
illustrated in K.S. Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing from the Ming the similar treatment of the handles on a pair of famille-rose
Period to the Present Day, London, 1986, pl. VII, and a similar teapots sold at Bonham’s London, 12th May 2011, lot 368.

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