拍品 167
167
AN UNUSUAL CARVED RED LACQUER RECTANGULAR PORTABLE CASKET
THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
AN UNUSUAL CARVED RED LACQUER RECTANGULAR PORTABLE CASKET

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN UNUSUAL CARVED RED LACQUER RECTANGULAR PORTABLE CASKET
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The fall front carved with three immortals and an attendant carrying a large peach on a terrace in a lakeside retreat of pavilions and trees, the top and sides with panels of formally arranged foliate scroll, all within diaper borders and reserved on a diaper ground, the interior with a central open compartment flanked by two compartments with doors between two drawers above and a single drawer below, all carved with diaper pattern, the top mounted with gilt-metal carrying handles with ruyi-head terminals and knocking plates
13¾ in. (35 cm.) long

拍品專文

A similarly constructed portable carved red lacquer chest with the same arrangement of the interior, similar carrying handles, and almost identical proportions, but with dragon decoration, is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, no. 35.