TWO CARVED RED LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS

THE SMALLER 18TH CENTURY, THE LARGER POSSIBLY MING DYNASTY

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TWO CARVED RED LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
the smaller 18th century, the larger possibly ming dynasty
One shaped as a qin supported on four feet and carved to simulate strings at one end covered by a cloth with floral roundels on a fine trellis-pattern ground; the other larger and of rectangular shape, with a shallow liner, carved on the cover with a peacock perched on a flowering prunus branch, the sides with prunus sprays on a trellis-pattern ground, both with rim chips
8¾in. (22cm.) and 9¾in. (25cm.) long (2)

Provenance

The large box: bought from Bluetts as 16th Century, in December 1969 (225)

Lot Essay

See the footnote for lot 31 for a discussion of the origins and symbolism of the Qin.
A very similar qin-shaped box is illustrated in Ming Lacquer, Catalogue, no.27, pl.16

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