A RARE SET OF HUANGHUALI AND ZITAN SCRIPTURE BOXES
A RARE SET OF HUANGHUALI AND ZITAN SCRIPTURE BOXES
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A RARE SET OF HUANGHUALI AND ZITAN SCRIPTURE BOXES

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE SET OF HUANGHUALI AND ZITAN SCRIPTURE BOXES
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
zitan: 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) overall high
huanghuali: 14 5⁄8 in. (37.2 cm.) overall high
Provenance
An American Midwest collection

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Lot Essay

A lacquer box of closely related shape, decorated with an assembly of Daoist celestial beings, with a seven-character Qianlong mark, as well as the scripture that it held, the Huangtingjing (Scripture of the Yellow Court), is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated in China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, p. 153, no. 60.

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