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A RARE PAINTED-LACQUER RETICULATED BOX AND COVER
Yongzheng four-character mark and of the period
The centre of the domed cover intricately carved in openwork with
leafy scrollwork and flowers, finely painted in red, green and white,
encircled by a gold and black key-fret border, the sides similarly
decorated, the base lacquered black and painted with two ripe
peaches issuing from gnarled leafy branches, the mark above in
gold, the interiors also painted gold.
10cm (3 7/8in) diam. (2).
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY91,000 - 140,000
清雍正 填漆鏤雕纏枝花卉紋蓋盒
描金「雍正年製」楷書款

Compare with a related circular lacquered wood box and cover but
with a design of butterflies, Yongzheng, from the Qing Court Collection,
illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty: The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2006, p.144,
pl.103.

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