PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOXES AND COVERS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
£20,942
Auction: 31 May 2016 at 19:00 BST
Description
each of cushion-form with thirty-two lobed sides and set on a straight conforming foot, the centre of each top carved with a blossom surrounded by five registers of decoration, with a further two registers on the box, the registers divided into panels each containing a leafy chrysanthemum blossom, the feet decorated with leiwen, the interiors and bases lacquered black (2)
Dimensions
18.2cm diam
Footnote
Provenance:
Private London Collection; formerly the property of a European private collector resident in China between 1925 and 1931.
Note:
For similar examples, see Chen Lihua (ed.): Many Splendors: Yuan, Ming and Qing Lacquerware from the Chao Collection, no. 71, p. 182-3; Hai-wai Yi-chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Lacquerware, no. 160, p. 163, in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco; Simon Kwan: Chinese Lacquer (The Muwen Tang Collection Series, Volume 20), no. 116, p. 316-7.