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Lot 827
  • 827

A PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER QUATREFOIL BOXES AND COVERS QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Length 3 3/8  in., 8.6 cm
each carved in multiple levels of relief, the cover of one with an elderly man, possibly Wu Song, using a fan to shoo away a large beast, the surrounding hillside, rockwork, and plants rising in high relief against a two-tier diaper ground, the cover of the other box with three boys sitting outdoors with circular containers also set against a two-tier diaper ground, the sides of each box and cover carved with two registers of continuous keyfret, the bases and interiors lacquered black, wood and fabric stand (5)

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 16th November 1999, lot 196.