18TH CENTURY

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A CARVED THREE-COLOR LACQUER PRUNUS-FORM ZHADOU AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The lobed prunus-shaped rim of the zhadou is well-carved through layers of cinnabar and green lacquer to the yellow ground with blossoming prunus branches, which are repeated on the domed cover with the addition of birds seated among the branches, below a jade finial encircled by a lappet border. The underside of the rim is incised with bats and lotus sprays reserved on a diaper ground, above further diaper carved around the sides of the bowl. The interiors and base are lacquered black with traces of gilding remaining on the interior of the cover and box.
6 in. (5.2 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York, 1999.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar zhadou and cover, dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated by S. Kwan in Chinese Lacquer, Hong Kong, 2010, pp. 290-1, no. 103, which is carved on the cover with the sanduo (leafy branches of peaches, pomegranates and finger citrons) and on the rim with leafy flower scroll, rather than the prunus branches of the present zhadou. Also illustrated is a photograph from the Sanxitang, in the Forbidden Palace, in which a similar zhadou and cover is shown, p. 290. See, also, the similar example carved with flower scroll, dated 18th century, in the Shenyang Palace Museum, illustrated by R.L. Thorpe in Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China, Seattle, 1988, p. 96, no. 28.

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