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Lot 438Y

A rare carved cinnabar lacquer spittoon and cover
Qianlong/Jiaqing

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

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A rare carved cinnabar lacquer spittoon and cover

Qianlong/Jiaqing
The shallow spittoon with wide foliate rim and surmounted by a domed cover, finely carved around the sides with four rectangular panels with wanzi and cell diaper, against a geometric diaper ground, the rim deeply carved with lotus flowers enclosed by a ruyi-head border, the cover similarly carved with a lotus-lappet border enclosing the ivory lotus-bud finial, the interiors and base lacquered black.
15cm (6in) wide (2).

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