QIANLONG

Details

A fine carved three-colour lacquer circular box and cover
Qianlong
The top carved through the red, green and ochre layers with a medallion depicting multi-coloured rays rising from a jardinière filled with auspicious objects and surmounted by a peach flanked by two young boys, within a chevron border, the sides carved with foliate lotus scroll, all reserved on geometric pattern grounds, minor wear
11.7 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

This box is similar in design and a smaller version of what are known as chun boxes. Instead of a the chun character, this design has a peach flanked by two boys. This type of decoration was first made during the Jiajing period (1522-1566) and later during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods. For a Jiajing example, see the box included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. exhibition, 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer , Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 24 September - 21 November 1993, no. 61. A Qianlong version was included in the same exhibition, no. 76.

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