QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A CARVED RED LACQUER LOBED BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of cinquefoil form, the top finely carved with a scene of two scholars drinking wine and conversing while a demon-like attendant kneels beside the wine jar, all on a promontory of land surrounded by the waters of a lake, with a pavilion and willow tree on the opposite bank and with pine-studded mountains in the distance, all within a narrow border of bats, peaches and flowers above a dense ground of swirling waves on the sides, the foot carved with a band of key fret
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) across

拍品專文

Compare the carved red lacquer box of this shape and size, also of Qianlong date, carved with a different figural scene within a very similar border and with very similar waves on the sides, from the collection of Dr. Ip Yee, sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 19 November 1984, lot 120.