17TH/18TH CENTURY

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AN EMBELLISHED ZITAN RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The top of the cover inlaid in mother-of-pearl, hardstone and horn with an unusual scene of two foreign merchants, one leading an angry-looking monkey by a silver wire rope, the other with demon-like face carrying a staff hung with a double-gourd flask, with rocks in the foreground and clouds above, the interior fitted with a removable tray
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

Other early Qing period examples of rectangular boxes using this decorative technique are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 44 - Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, pls. 226-31.

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