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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A ZITAN QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Details
A ZITAN QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The cover is well carved in the center with crossed ruyi within a shaped medallion surrounded by four symmetrically placed roundels of cranes, each grasping a peach branch in its beak, all reserved on a finely carved wan diaper ground and each even further carved with a beaded ruyi head. The sides of the box and cover are carved with detached ruyi heads, and the box is raised on small integral feet and the corners.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) across
18TH CENTURY
The cover is well carved in the center with crossed ruyi within a shaped medallion surrounded by four symmetrically placed roundels of cranes, each grasping a peach branch in its beak, all reserved on a finely carved wan diaper ground and each even further carved with a beaded ruyi head. The sides of the box and cover are carved with detached ruyi heads, and the box is raised on small integral feet and the corners.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) across
Provenance
Private collection, New York.