A Cinnabar lacquer square box and cover
18th century
A Cinnabar lacquer square box and cover 18th century

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A Cinnabar lacquer square box and cover
18th century
of quatrefoil shape, carved in high relief with two scholars conversing on a garden terrace by a moonlit lake, a fisherman walking away from his boat laden with fish and a scholar overlooking the scene high on a rock beneath pine trees, all within a key-fret border, the sides with geometric foliate bands -- 5½in. (14cm.) wide (minor damages).
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