A rare red lacquer carved 'three-dragon' box and cover
Qianlong
The cover crisply carved with three five-clawed dragons encircling a single flaming pearl at the centre, each vividly carved with bulging eyes, intricate scales and long flowing beards, all on a ground of freely-swirling waves, the box carved with rounded crested waves, the base and interiors lacquered plain black.
28.6cm (11¼in) diam. (2).
The cover crisply carved with three five-clawed dragons encircling a single flaming pearl at the centre, each vividly carved with bulging eyes, intricate scales and long flowing beards, all on a ground of freely-swirling waves, the box carved with rounded crested waves, the base and interiors lacquered plain black.
28.6cm (11¼in) diam. (2).
Sold for
£49,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 26 April 1989
Exhibited: Spink & Son Ltd., London, The Minor Arts of China IV, 1989, no.3 (label)
清乾隆 剔紅海水龍紋圓盒
來源: 於1989年4月26日購自倫敦Spink & Son Ltd.
展覽: 於1989年展出於倫敦Spink & Son Ltd. The Minor Arts of China IV特展, 編號3(標籤)
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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