CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

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PAIRE DE BOITES COUVERTES EN LAQUE ROUGE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
De forme circulaire, elles reposent sur un petit pied. Chaque couvercle est orné d'une scène de personnages représentant un vieil homme et de jeunes enfants sur une terrasse arborée. La scène est entourée d'une frise de motifs floraux stylisés. Les côtés du couvercle et de la boîte sont sculptés de rinceaux de lotus.
Diamètres: 26,7 cm. (10½ in.)

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1984.

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Further details

A PAIR OF CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The theme of 'boys at play', popularized by the Southern Song dynasty Court official, Su Hanchen (active early 12th century), continued into the Ming period when the decorative design became popular ceramics and lacquer ware. The motif of the young boys teasing each other is a charming scene found on other lacquer vessels including a polychrome lacquer tray carved with a 'hundred boys' at play illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 46 - Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, pp. 44-5, pl. 27.

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