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670
A PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER
CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS
Qianlong
The first lid carved in low relief with an
attendant opening a villa for a waiting scholar
official, with a riverscape in the background,
the ground finely carved with various diaper
patterns, the sides and box with a wide key-
fret border; the second lid similarly carved
but with two sages conversing in a bamboo
forest.
9cm (3 1/2in) diam. (4).
670 £4,000 - 6,000
HK$41,000 - 61,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000
671
A CINNABAR LACQUER LOBED BOX
AND COVER
Qianlong
The lid carved in low relief with entwined
key-fret borders on a wave and prunus
blossom ground; together with a small fluted
Longquan celadon dish. The first 12cm (4
3/4in) wide (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY9,000 - 13,000

Provenance
The lacquer box: ‘The Summer Palace,
Peking’ by repute (typewritten document)

The dish: Frederick M. Meyer collection no.
229 (label)
F.J. Abbott collection (label)
671 672
A PAIR OF LAC BURGAUTÉ-INLAID
PANELS
Kangxi
The first rectangular panel finely inlaid with a
scholar being presented with an official’s hat,
in a terraced garden flanked with his wife and
child, the reverse with a four-line inscription
and a bronze vase with flowers; the second
with a group of scholar sages observing
distant mountains, the reverse with a four-line
inscription. Each: 23.5cm (9 1/4in) high (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

672

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