A LARGE CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER ‘SPRING’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The cover with layers of lacquer in red, black, and brown is deeply and crisply carved with Shoulao seated under a pine in a roundel within a large ‘ Chun ’ (spring) character and flanked by a pair of five-clawed dragons amidst clouds above a basin overflowing with auspicious emblems. On the rounded sides of the box and cover, four shaped cartouches enclosing leafy sprays of peaches are divided by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, Bajixiang , against a dense diaper with lozenge. The interior and base are lacquered black. 15 1/8 in. (38.3 cm.) diam. Provenance Acquired in London, circa 1990
A LARGE CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER ‘SPRING’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The cover with layers of lacquer in red, black, and brown is deeply and crisply carved with Shoulao seated under a pine in a roundel within a large ‘ Chun ’ (spring) character and flanked by a pair of five-clawed dragons amidst clouds above a basin overflowing with auspicious emblems. On the rounded sides of the box and cover, four shaped cartouches enclosing leafy sprays of peaches are divided by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, Bajixiang , against a dense diaper with lozenge. The interior and base are lacquered black. 15 1/8 in. (38.3 cm.) diam. Provenance Acquired in London, circa 1990
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