18th Century Tianqi lacquer bowl and cover - awaiting client intructions
Lot 230
A lacquer deep bowl and cover 18th century
Sold for £1,000 (US$ 1,635) inc. premium
Auction Details
Lot Details
A lacquer deep bowl and cover
18th century
The bowl with lobed, dish-shaped rim and cover both decorated in the tianqi technique; the side and rim of the bowl with stylised lotus flowers beside archaistic curvilinear motifs; the cover with agate, or other, finial, and incised with lotus flowers beside bats.
14.8cm (5 7/8in) diam (2).

Footnotes

  • A very similar example is illustrated by G. Liu, Lushun Museum, Cultural Relics Publishing House, Beijing 2004, p.99.
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