A large cinnabar lacquer box and cover
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A large cinnabar lacquer box and cover

19TH CENTURY

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A large cinnabar lacquer box and cover
19th century
Of circular section, the domed cover intricately carved with a central panel depicting four scholars and their attendents within a rocky landscape with overhanging pine trees and distant mountains, against various diaper grounds and encircled by a key-fret border, the sides with four quatre-foil cartouches, each enclosing different flower sprays against a diamond-diaper ground, all surrounded by a foliate scroll, the box similarly decorated, the cover broken and reglued, the inside of the cover repainted
30 cm. wide
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Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

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