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AN INLAID ZITAN ‘PEONY AND PHEASANT’ 清十八世紀 紫檀嵌寶牡丹錦雞圖蓋盒
BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
the cover finely inlaid with an array of hardstones and mother-
of-pearl, depicting two pheasants resting on jagged rocks
among two gnarled branches of peony
20 cm, 7⅞ in.
HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,200-15,300

This finely carved and inlaid zitan wood box follows in the
tradition of works by the great Jiajing period carver Zhou Zhu,
recorded in the writings of the Ming and Qing literati as having
worked in Yangzhou in Jiangsu province during the reign of the
Jiajing Emperor. For additional information on his work, see the
footnote to lot 12. For another early Qing dynasty rectangular
zitan box of this form and closely related decoration, see
the example from the Qing court collection, preserved in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and
Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 228.

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