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Lot Essay
No other box like the present one appears to be published.
However, the filigree scrolls of the sides look very similar to the backgrounds of imperial pieces such as a Tibetan-style inlaid gilt bottle, illustrated in Monarchy and its Buddhist Way - Tibetan-Buddhist Ritual implements in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1999, p.182, pl.89; a gold pavilion-shaped shrine inlaid with pearls and turquoise and a gold plate, illustrated in Treasures of Imperial Court - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2004, pls. 179 and 218.
Another turquoise and lapis-lazuli inlaid gold box from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Op. Cit., p.221, pl.123, bears a very similar central shou character on the cover.
The replacement of some pearls by pierced pearls was common as seen on an inlaid gold calabash-shaped ewer from the Palace in Beijing and illustrated in Op. Cit., pl.211.
However, the filigree scrolls of the sides look very similar to the backgrounds of imperial pieces such as a Tibetan-style inlaid gilt bottle, illustrated in Monarchy and its Buddhist Way - Tibetan-Buddhist Ritual implements in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1999, p.182, pl.89; a gold pavilion-shaped shrine inlaid with pearls and turquoise and a gold plate, illustrated in Treasures of Imperial Court - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2004, pls. 179 and 218.
Another turquoise and lapis-lazuli inlaid gold box from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Op. Cit., p.221, pl.123, bears a very similar central shou character on the cover.
The replacement of some pearls by pierced pearls was common as seen on an inlaid gold calabash-shaped ewer from the Palace in Beijing and illustrated in Op. Cit., pl.211.