Lot Essay
An identical lacquer seal box was included in the exhibition catalogue, Ch'ing Lacquer Artifacts, National Museum of History, Taipei, 1997, p. 110.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE ENGRAVED POLYCHROME-LACQUERED SQUARE SEAL BOX
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE ENGRAVED POLYCHROME-LACQUERED SQUARE SEAL BOX
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The cover engraved on each side with a front-facing dragon leaping amidst scrolling clouds and above crashing waves, framed by a border of key fret, the base with two bands of lotus lappets, all in black, white, green, red and ochre lacquer
6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm.) high, 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) square
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The cover engraved on each side with a front-facing dragon leaping amidst scrolling clouds and above crashing waves, framed by a border of key fret, the base with two bands of lotus lappets, all in black, white, green, red and ochre lacquer
6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm.) high, 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) square
Provenance
Acquired in London in the 1980s.
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