Details
A LARGE CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND DOMED COVER
GILT SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The box and domed cover deeply carved with nine finely detailed five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls reserved on a swirling wave ground, the straight foot with a key-fret border, the base and interior lacquered black, the interior cover incised with a four character gilt mark Jiu Long Bao He 'Nine Dragon Treasure Box' (minor chips and age cracks)
11 3/4in. (30cm.) diam.
GILT SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
The box and domed cover deeply carved with nine finely detailed five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls reserved on a swirling wave ground, the straight foot with a key-fret border, the base and interior lacquered black, the interior cover incised with a four character gilt mark Jiu Long Bao He 'Nine Dragon Treasure Box' (minor chips and age cracks)
11 3/4in. (30cm.) diam.
Provenance
Colonel Du Pin, no. 161