AN UNUSUAL LARGE CARVED RED LACQUER SHAPED SQUARE SWEETMEAT BOX AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL LARGE CARVED RED LACQUER SHAPED SQUARE SWEETMEAT BOX AND COVER 18TH/19TH CENTURY With lobed corners, the top of the cover carved with butterflies flitting amidst various flowering branches and flower stems reserved against a diaper ground within an outer key-fret border, the sides with panels of flowers reserved on a different diaper ground, repeated on the sides of the lower section which is raised on bracket supports, the interior top of the lower section incised with interlocking scrolls surrounding eight circular recesses to hold bowls, with black lacquered interiors and base 18 in. (45.7 cm.) square
AN UNUSUAL LARGE CARVED RED LACQUER SHAPED SQUARE SWEETMEAT BOX AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL LARGE CARVED RED LACQUER SHAPED SQUARE SWEETMEAT BOX AND COVER 18TH/19TH CENTURY With lobed corners, the top of the cover carved with butterflies flitting amidst various flowering branches and flower stems reserved against a diaper ground within an outer key-fret border, the sides with panels of flowers reserved on a different diaper ground, repeated on the sides of the lower section which is raised on bracket supports, the interior top of the lower section incised with interlocking scrolls surrounding eight circular recesses to hold bowls, with black lacquered interiors and base 18 in. (45.7 cm.) square
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