A Carved Three-Color Lacquer Circular "Nine Dragon" Box and Cover
Round Box with Dark Greenish Lacquer Interspersed with Mother-of-Pearl
Black Lacquered Stationery Box with Bone Inlaid Picture
A large lacquer box with "chun (spring)" character |
Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty The top is well carved with a five-clawed dragon leaping around a flaming pearl amidst swirling clouds within narrow key-fret and petal lappet borders. The rounded sides are carved with two pairs of five-clawed dragons in pursuit of further flaming pearls, with two further pairs of dragons and flaming pearls above a band of rocks and waves on the sides of the box. All is carved through the red and brownish-green layers to the ochre ground and between key-fret borders. The interior and base are lacquered black. |
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