A RARE AND LARGE POLYCHROME LACQUER 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD of lobed form supported on a short foot of conforming section the cover painted on the red ground with a large frontal writhing dragon and flaming pearls, surrounded by four further dragons striding among roiling clouds and inscribed with four characters wan shou wu jiang (longevity everlasting), the twenty lobes similarly decorated each with a five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', the lower section with the lobes each enclosing confronting bats above jagged rocks and cresting waves, the interiors lacquered in black with gilt remains of elaborate flowering plants, the base of plain black lacquer (2) Diameter 21 3/4 in., 55.4 cm
A RARE AND LARGE POLYCHROME LACQUER 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD of lobed form supported on a short foot of conforming section the cover painted on the red ground with a large frontal writhing dragon and flaming pearls, surrounded by four further dragons striding among roiling clouds and inscribed with four characters wan shou wu jiang (longevity everlasting), the twenty lobes similarly decorated each with a five-clawed dragon in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', the lower section with the lobes each enclosing confronting bats above jagged rocks and cresting waves, the interiors lacquered in black with gilt remains of elaborate flowering plants, the base of plain black lacquer (2) Diameter 21 3/4 in., 55.4 cm
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