拍品專文
It is rare to find set of four peach-form cinnabar lacquer box of the same design, a similar example carved of three-coloured lacquer was sold in these Rooms, 28 October 2002, lot 599.
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
A SET OF FOUR PEACH-SHAPED CINNABAR LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
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A SET OF FOUR PEACH-SHAPED CINNABAR LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Each domed peach-form cover is finely carved through thick layers of cinnabar-red lacquer with one Daoist immortal with two attendants standing under a tree in a river landscape, all within a border of five bats, peaches and flowers, the high rounded sides of the boxes and covers with composite floral meanders, the base and interior lacquered black (extremity chips)
6 in. (15 cm.) across (4)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Each domed peach-form cover is finely carved through thick layers of cinnabar-red lacquer with one Daoist immortal with two attendants standing under a tree in a river landscape, all within a border of five bats, peaches and flowers, the high rounded sides of the boxes and covers with composite floral meanders, the base and interior lacquered black (extremity chips)
6 in. (15 cm.) across (4)