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A RARE PAIR OF TRANSPARENT RED GLASS 'CHILONG' BOXES AND COVERS QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
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each of circular form, the cover carved in low relief with a pair of chilong within a bow string border, the sides of the box and cover with detached C-scrolls and bosses, the transparent glass of a rich ruby-red tone thinning to orange at the rims (4)
Provenance
Christie's New York, 4th June 1992, lot 34.
Catalogue Note
The design of pairs of chilong seen here was likely inspired by Southern Song and Yuan dynasty lacquer ware such as a carved lacquer box and cover included in the exhibition East Asian Lacquer. The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991, cat. no. 16.
A single red glass box of this same design was sold at Christie's New York, 1st June 1990, lot 117.