CHINA - QIANLONG period (1736 - 1795) - Lot 112

CHINA - QIANLONG period (1736 - 1795) Large round box in red, green and yellow lacquer. The lid is carved with a "chun" (spring) character featuring Shoulao seated with his deer under a pine tree. The character surmounts a bowl containing auspicious symbols, endless knot, pearl, coral branches, lingzhi. The whole is flanked by two five-clawed dragons flying in the clouds, and surrounded by a frieze of foliage. The edges of the lid and box carved with four reserves of scenes of scholars and servants. (Minor accidents, missing parts and restorations, two cracks). Diam. 39.5 cm Reference: A similar box illustrated in Lacquer wares of the Qing dynasty, The complete collection of treasures of the Palace Museum, p.88