Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A LARGE CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER 'BAJIXIANG' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD | 清乾隆 剔彩八吉祥紋八方蓋盒
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November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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A LARGE CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER 'BAJIXIANG' BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 剔彩八吉祥紋八方蓋盒
modelled with eight rounded sides raised on a short spreading foot, the cover crispy carved through deep layers of lacquer with a stylised chrysanthemum bloom framed by ruyi pendants to the centre, encircled by bajixiang ('Eight Buddhist Emblems') evenly scattered amidst various leafy floral sprays, reserved against a green and yellow lacquer diaper ground, encircled by ruyi pendant and keyfret borders, decorated to each side with a panel of basketry amongst lotuses borne on meandering leaves, the box similarly decorated, the interiors and base lacquered black
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Width 44 cm, 17¼ in.
Compare this box with a similarly rendered box, but with gilt design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Lacquerware in the Collection of the Palace Museum. Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2012, pl. 238; and a similar box from the Chao collection, published in Many Splendours: Yuan, Ming and Qing Lacquereare From The Chao Collection, Beijing, 2010, pl. 94.