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

The scene depicted on this box is taken from the Song dynasty poem entitled 'Latter Ode to the Red Cliff', the second section of the 'Ode to the Red Cliff' in which the scholars Su Dongpo, Huang Lujie and the monk Foyin re-visit the red cliffs in the winter of 1032. In contrast to their first visit where they found the river tranquil, this time they are swept along by the torrential River Yangtze, which is reflected in the tumultuous waves carved onto the sides and base of the current lot.