QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Details

A SMALL CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER PEACH-FORM BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
7 7⁄8 in. (20 cm.) wide

Provenance

A French private collection and thence by descent

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Lot Essay

The top of the cover is carved with a panel of peach shape, deeply carved with a jubaopen, 'basket of treasures', illuminating a large character chun, 'spring', decorated with a roundel enclosing Shoulao and a deer in landscape.

Compare with a larger example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, no.61.

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