AN OUTSTANDING IMPERIAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD of large rectangular form supported on four short feet, the flat top surface with subtly rounded edges exceptionally well carved and incised in shallow relief through the rich red lacquer with three ferocious leaping five-clawed dragons in mutual pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', the faces of the beasts meticulously incised with bulbous eyes, flaring nostrils and long curling whiskers above gaping jaws revealing sharp fangs and below a pair of horns at the forehead, their long scaly bodies writhing and thrashing powerfully through tumultous foaming waves reaching out with outstretched claws, the straight sides encircled by ornately carved lotus scroll meanders, the interiors and base lacquered in black Quantity: 2 42.3 BY 32 CM., 16 5/8 BY 12 1/2 IN.
AN OUTSTANDING IMPERIAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD of large rectangular form supported on four short feet, the flat top surface with subtly rounded edges exceptionally well carved and incised in shallow relief through the rich red lacquer with three ferocious leaping five-clawed dragons in mutual pursuit of a 'flaming pearl', the faces of the beasts meticulously incised with bulbous eyes, flaring nostrils and long curling whiskers above gaping jaws revealing sharp fangs and below a pair of horns at the forehead, their long scaly bodies writhing and thrashing powerfully through tumultous foaming waves reaching out with outstretched claws, the straight sides encircled by ornately carved lotus scroll meanders, the interiors and base lacquered in black Quantity: 2 42.3 BY 32 CM., 16 5/8 BY 12 1/2 IN.
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