拍品 3031
3031
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CINNABAR LACQUER 'ROPE-TWIST' OVAL BOX AND COVER
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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CINNABAR LACQUER 'ROPE-TWIST' OVAL BOX AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A VERY RARE IMPERIAL CINNABAR LACQUER 'ROPE-TWIST' OVAL BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of oval cross-section, the exterior of the cover finely and deeply carved with an elaborate network of ropes, twisted through six bi-discs radiating from a main disc at the centre, reserving ruyi clouds and stylised bats against a diaper-ground, the pattern is repeated on the exterior of the box, the interiors with black lacquer
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide

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The complex design of rope-twists appears to be an innovative decorative motif typical of the mid-Qing period. Compare with a circular box in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, illustrated by Chen Lihua (ed.), Carved Lacquerware, Forbidden City Publishing House, 2008, p. 256, no. 175 (see fig. 1).