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Lot 240
A large covered cinnabar lacquer Ming-style document box, tray and cover 19th century
16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,312.50 inc. premium
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A large covered cinnabar lacquer Ming-style document box, tray and cover
19th century
Of rectangular form, the flat cover crisply carved with three sages and two boy-attendants looking at a scroll beside a crane, all beside a diaper-pattern lake, beneath wutong and plantain trees, a pavililon in the distance partially covered by wispy clouds, all within a shaped cartouche, the sides of the cover and the box carved with butterflies, peonies and leaves, the interior, tray and the base lacquered black. 44.5cm (17 1/2in) long. (3).
Of rectangular form, the flat cover crisply carved with three sages and two boy-attendants looking at a scroll beside a crane, all beside a diaper-pattern lake, beneath wutong and plantain trees, a pavililon in the distance partially covered by wispy clouds, all within a shaped cartouche, the sides of the cover and the box carved with butterflies, peonies and leaves, the interior, tray and the base lacquered black. 44.5cm (17 1/2in) long. (3).
Footnotes
十九世紀 剔紅仙人圖長方蓋盒
Provenance: an English private collection
來源:英國私人收藏
