QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER LOBED BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of deep quadrilobed form resting on a tall conforming splayed foot, finely carved in deep relief to the top with bats in flight among flowering branches surrounding a stylised central Shou character, set within keyfret borders in the form of interlocking ruyi-heads, the sides of the box and cover with four main panels and eight smaller panels of 'precious objects' set within dense floral grounds bordered at the rims and foot by further keyfret bands, the interiors and base lacquered black, the interior of the cover inscribed with a four-character inscription, Fu gui bao he, 'Box of Fortune in Abundance', the base with the six-character reign mark
11 1/4 in. (28.8 cm.) wide

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Acquired in the 1980s

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No other box of this exact form and decoration bearing this inscription appears to have been published. A Qianlong-marked polychrome lacquer box and cover of the same form, size and decoration but lacking the fu gui bao he mark to the interior of the cover was included in the exhibition Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors, Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2007, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 141.

The current box and cover belongs to a well-known group of boxes with Qianlong reign marks which bear additional four-character inscriptions relating to their intended use or describing the decorative theme.

Compare with a number of boxes in the Palace Museum, Beijing bearing similar four-character inscriptions illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1996, nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 20. Further examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, were included in the exhibition Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors, op. cit., nos. 105-120, 122-123, 127, 129-137.