Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿團花紋蓋盒
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November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 黑漆嵌螺鈿團花紋蓋盒
of circular shape, the domed cover centred with a stylised shou character painted in gold surrounded by floral roundels inlaid with mother-of-pearl, the box similarly decorated
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Diameter 39.2 cm, 15½ in.
From a French Private Collection (by repute).
法國私人收藏（傳）
Compare a similar box with a red lacquer ground, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Lacquerware in the Collection of The Palace Museum, Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2012 pl. 253.