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PROPERTY FROM THE MEE-DIN AND ROBERT W. MOORE Another two-sided circular box and cover with equestrian warriors in
COLLECTION OF CHINESE LACQUER a rocky pine landscape to one side and deer under pine on the other
dated to the Ming dynasty is illustrated by Zhu Jiajin and Xia Gengqi,
127 Zhongguo qiqi quanji. Ming [Lacquer treasures from China. Ming
A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER TWO-SIDED dynasty], vol. 5, Fujian, 1997, p. 58, no. 57.
CIRCULAR DOMED BOX AND COVER
Late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, 17th Century A Qianlong-marked cinnabar cylindrical box with flat top and
carved in deep rounded relief on both the box and cover, one side decorated on both top and bottom with boys at play and various other
depicting nine boys playing around a large stone fish basin in a garden pursuits in a pavilion garden setting, is illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan
setting with a majestic pine, maple, plantain and other saplings on Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the
a dense cell ground, an elegant ladies watches the activity from a Palace Museum) Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong,
rectangular window in a brick building nearby, the other side with two 2006, pp. 18-19, no. 10.
scholars and their attendants under a sprawling wutong and amidst
other trees and saplings including maple on a raised promontory with
surrounding rockwork, the interior rim edges lacquered red and the
interiors black-lacquered.
7 1/8in (18.1cm) diameter
$4,500 - 6,500
明晚期/清早期 十七世紀 剔紅嬰戲圖蓋盒
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