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A very similar dish with the same design can be seen illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 1971, no. 31
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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)
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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DISH
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)
The shallow dish with an everted rim, finely carved in the middle of the well with a large peony blossom surrounded by squared scroll and floral sprays, encircled by a series of ruyi heads, the cavetto carved with lotus blossoms interspersed by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, below a further band of ruyi heads on the rim, all against a diaper ground, the exterior carved with a dense design of lotus blossoms and scrolls
12 in. (30.5 cm.) diam., box
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-95)
The shallow dish with an everted rim, finely carved in the middle of the well with a large peony blossom surrounded by squared scroll and floral sprays, encircled by a series of ruyi heads, the cavetto carved with lotus blossoms interspersed by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, below a further band of ruyi heads on the rim, all against a diaper ground, the exterior carved with a dense design of lotus blossoms and scrolls
12 in. (30.5 cm.) diam., box
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