IRON-RED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A RARE IMITATION-LACQUER BOX AND COVER
IRON-RED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)
Of shaped hexagonal form, moulded simulating cinnabar lacquer, the cover with a central Buddhist emblem flanked by two musical chimes, decorated and highlighted in gilt with stylised dragons and florets, reserved on diaper grounds, the side and the box with similar grounds, covered in a coral glaze, the interior and base turquoise enamelled
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 13 June 1989, lot 368

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Lot Essay

An imitation lacquer box using the same technique and design but of slightly more rounded shape formed of two large ruyi-heads is illustrated by Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, Qing Porcelain, Famille Verte, Famille Rose, Thames & Hudson, London 1987, p. 125.

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