A carved cinnabar lacquer stand, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆 剔紅福壽雙全紋座

A carved cinnabar lacquer stand

Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period

清乾隆 剔紅福壽雙全紋座

of foliate shape, divided into 15 lobes, the top finely incised to the centre with a cluster of three peaches borne on flowering leafy branches, all enclosed by eight bats, circled by flowering sprays of lotus, chrysanthemums, peonies and other flowers, the scalloped aprons carved with bats alternating with flowering and fruiting peach branches on a diaper ground, all raised on four legs in the shape of ruyi scepters

Width 39 cm, 15¼ in.