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(US$2,000-2,500)
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A CARVED AND LACQUERED WOOD BOX
QIANLONG
Of lobed quatrefoil form, the cover intricately carved with two sinuous, five-clawed dragons and six stylized bats, all surrounding a central shou character amidst cloud-scrolls, each of the lobed sides carved with plain panels, the interior finely lacquered with flower-heads and roundels in gold reserved on a rich, chocolate-brown lacquered-ground
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) diam.
QIANLONG
Of lobed quatrefoil form, the cover intricately carved with two sinuous, five-clawed dragons and six stylized bats, all surrounding a central shou character amidst cloud-scrolls, each of the lobed sides carved with plain panels, the interior finely lacquered with flower-heads and roundels in gold reserved on a rich, chocolate-brown lacquered-ground
14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) diam.