A BLACK AND RED LACQUER BOTTLE

1780-1850

Details

A BLACK AND RED LACQUER BOTTLE
1780-1850
Of large flattened spade shape, carved in a continuous scene through the black lacquer with a central peony spray to each side amidst smaller flower sprays of daisy and prunus, all on a red lacquer diaper-cell ground between lappets at the shoulder and foot, stopper
2.5/8in. (6.6cm.) high

Provenance

Robert Hall, London, 1992

Literature

Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 80-81, no. 27

Lot Essay

It is more rare in lacquer bottles to find the black upper level on a red ground rather than red on black or red along.
The peony is flower of prosperity.

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