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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A PAINTED AND GILT-DECORATED RED LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY
Details
A PAINTED AND GILT-DECORATED RED LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY
The top of the cover painted with a scene of two officials standing in front of a marble screen below a group of ladies in a pavilion, with a pair of attendants standing beside rocks in the foreground, the sides of the box and cover inset with basketweave panels, the base painted in red with three characters reading yi mao bo
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) long
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY
The top of the cover painted with a scene of two officials standing in front of a marble screen below a group of ladies in a pavilion, with a pair of attendants standing beside rocks in the foreground, the sides of the box and cover inset with basketweave panels, the base painted in red with three characters reading yi mao bo
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Roger Keverne, London, 2006.
The Irving Collection, no. 3888.
The Irving Collection, no. 3888.
Literature
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Winter Exhibition, London, 2005, p. 111, no. 111.
Exhibited
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics - Winter Exhibition, November 2005.