Lot Essay
A related example with a slightly different painted scene was included in Spink & Son Ltd's Chinese Works of Art Directory 1, 1994, no.152, p157.
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A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION (LOTS 1209 -1214 INCLUSIVE)
A RECTANGULAR PAINTED LACQUER BOX AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
Details
A RECTANGULAR PAINTED LACQUER BOX AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
The box and cover with shaped base is embellished to the sides with recessed basket-work panels, the exterior is painted in green, black and pink tones with a gathering of officials and attendants by a pavilion in a fenced garden setting within a scrolling gilt border. The interior is painted with four birds perched on flowering branches of tree peonies and prunus by rocks on a brownish black lacquer ground.
21 in. (53.4 cm.) wide
17TH CENTURY
The box and cover with shaped base is embellished to the sides with recessed basket-work panels, the exterior is painted in green, black and pink tones with a gathering of officials and attendants by a pavilion in a fenced garden setting within a scrolling gilt border. The interior is painted with four birds perched on flowering branches of tree peonies and prunus by rocks on a brownish black lacquer ground.
21 in. (53.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
From a Distinguished Private English Collection.
Christie's London, 16 June 1986, lot 162.
Christie's London, 16 June 1986, lot 162.
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