Lot 17
CINNABAR LACQUER 'EIGHT IMMORTALS' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD
Auction: 8 November 2017 at 17:00 GMT
£3,500
Description
the cover delicately carved through deep layers of cinnabar lacquer with four of the Eight Immortals He Xangu, Lü Dongbing, Lan Caihe and Han Xiangzi gathered beneath a giant pine tree amid craggy rocks, the scene encircled within a border of fruiting and flowering vines and reserved on a floral diaper ground, the box similarly carved with the remaining four immortals Zhang Guolao, Tie Guaili, Han Zhongli and Cao Guojiu
Dimensions
13cm diam, 5.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Edinburgh collection.