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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL RECTANGULAR DOUCAI BOX AND COVER
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL RECTANGULAR DOUCAI BOX AND COVER
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Raised on four short cabriole legs terminating in ruyi head-form feet, painted around the shaped aprons with a lotus scroll, the interior walls of the box painted with the flowers of the four seasons, the cover painted on top with butterflies in flight amidst a fruiting pomegranate tree, above the sides painted with peach, poppy and cockscomb
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) long
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Raised on four short cabriole legs terminating in ruyi head-form feet, painted around the shaped aprons with a lotus scroll, the interior walls of the box painted with the flowers of the four seasons, the cover painted on top with butterflies in flight amidst a fruiting pomegranate tree, above the sides painted with peach, poppy and cockscomb
5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 1-2 November 1994, lot 73.
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