AN EXTREMELY RARE POLYCHROME LACQUER FLORAL-LOBED STACKED BOX AND STAND
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
AN EXTREMELY RARE POLYCHROME LACQUER FLORAL-LOBED STACKED BOX AND STAND QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The cinnabar lacquer cover with lobed sides is finely carved on the upper-surface with two scholars seated in a riverscape scene with two attendants among bamboo, pine and rockwork, the vertical sides decorated with five rectangular cartouches, each containing objects of antiquity against a diaper-ground. The cover is fitted over a two-tier box and cover of conforming floral-lobed shape decorated with polychrome lacquer and executed in the tianqi method. The top tier accomodates a single dish also of conforming shape and the second tier contains five fitted boxes enclosing a central circular box, exquisitely detailed with ruyi , all supported on a separate cinnabar lacquer stand. The upper surface of the stand is incised with a large floral bloom radiating tendrils, the sides carved with a honeycomb pattern and raised on five cabriole legs. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) across
AN EXTREMELY RARE POLYCHROME LACQUER FLORAL-LOBED STACKED BOX AND STAND
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
AN EXTREMELY RARE POLYCHROME LACQUER FLORAL-LOBED STACKED BOX AND STAND QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The cinnabar lacquer cover with lobed sides is finely carved on the upper-surface with two scholars seated in a riverscape scene with two attendants among bamboo, pine and rockwork, the vertical sides decorated with five rectangular cartouches, each containing objects of antiquity against a diaper-ground. The cover is fitted over a two-tier box and cover of conforming floral-lobed shape decorated with polychrome lacquer and executed in the tianqi method. The top tier accomodates a single dish also of conforming shape and the second tier contains five fitted boxes enclosing a central circular box, exquisitely detailed with ruyi , all supported on a separate cinnabar lacquer stand. The upper surface of the stand is incised with a large floral bloom radiating tendrils, the sides carved with a honeycomb pattern and raised on five cabriole legs. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) across
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