A WELL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD | 清乾隆 剔紅花卉紋菊瓣式蓋盒
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November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
22,000 - 26,000 GBP
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A WELL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 剔紅花卉紋菊瓣式蓋盒
the domed cover finely carved with three concentric rows of petals radiating from a central flower head, each petal containing intricately carved floral sprigs, the box similarly rendered, the interiors and base lacquered black
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Diameter 21.6 cm, 8¾ in.
Spink & Son Ltd., London (according to label).
Spink & Son Ltd.，倫敦（標簽）
This finely carved box belongs to a select group of lacquer wares made during the Qianlong period, when the art of lacquer carving attained unprecedented heights. The tremendous skills of the craftsman is evident in the well-proportioned shape and design of the box, which closely resembles the autumn flower at full bloom. The composition is dynamic and complex with an array of delicate flowers issuing from leafy stems. The design is intricate and filled with detail, the carving sharp and precise, the overall impression highly dynamic and naturalistic.
Compare this box in quality and design with a pair of similar boxes, bearing six-character Qianlong marks and named by inscription as yishou baohe (‘precious box of longevity’), in the Shenyang Palace Museum, Shenyang, illustrated in Shenyang gugong bowuyuan yuancang cangpin daxi Qiqi juan, Shenyang, 2017, p. 80; another box of this design in the Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin, is published in Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji. Zhoongguo qiqi quanji. 6. Qing, Fuzhou, 1993, pl. 220; a plain box in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Lacquerware In The Collection of The Palace Museum. Classics of The Forbidden City, Beijing, 2012, pl. 278.