Lot Essay
A related example is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, fig.31
LACQUER
A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DISH
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A LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DISH
INCISED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The central medallion carved with angular archaistic scrolls around a central flowerhead with bats at the four cardinal points, the sides carved with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amid a dense lotus scroll reserved on a diaper ground, the lotus scroll repeated to the reverse, the foot, rim and medallion encircled by key-fret borders (slight losses to carving)
11 3/4in. (30cm.) diam.
INCISED QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The central medallion carved with angular archaistic scrolls around a central flowerhead with bats at the four cardinal points, the sides carved with the Eight Buddhist Emblems amid a dense lotus scroll reserved on a diaper ground, the lotus scroll repeated to the reverse, the foot, rim and medallion encircled by key-fret borders (slight losses to carving)
11 3/4in. (30cm.) diam.