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AN INLAID HUANGHUALI RUYI-SHAPED BOX 清十八世紀 黃花梨嵌寶鐘離權圖如意式蓋盒
AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the cover finely inlaid with mother-of-pearl, stained horn and
lacquer, with a panel of Zhongli Quan in loose robes revealing
his round belly and holding a fan in his left hand, peacefully
resting on a double gourd under overhanging pine trees, the
panel surrounded by an archaistic ruyi-border
11 cm, 4⅜ in.

HK$ 150,000-250,000
US$ 19,200-31,900

Shaped boxes were popular in the eighteenth century, often 各形狀之蓋盒於十八世紀喜聞樂見，既圖寓意吉祥，又為
chosen for their auspicious significance as well for their 賞心悅目。該類蓋盒所嵌紋飾雖豐，然嵌人物圖景者頗
decorative quality. Although such boxes are inlaid with a
罕。比較一桃形例，雕嵌桃枝飛蝶，載於《故宮雕刻珍
variety of motifs, it is rare to find them adorned with figural
萃》，北京，2004年，圖版104；及花口盒一對，原清宮
scenes. Compare a peach-shape box, carved and inlaid in
various materials with a peach branch, a butterfly hovering 舊藏，現仍貯北京，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：
above, from the Qing Court collection in the Palace Museum, 竹木牙角雕刻》，香港，2002年，其一嵌靈芝一束，圖版
Beijing, published in The Palace Museum Collection of Elite
244，其二飾佛獅九頭，圖版245。
Carving, Beijing, 2004, pl. 104; and two petal-lobed boxes,
from the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum.
Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong
Kong, 2002, pl. 244, inlaid with a crop of lingzhi, and pl. 245,
decorated with nine Buddhist lions.

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