Asian Art II - 23rd May 2012

Lot 489

A large Chinese red lacquer rectangular box and cover 20th century

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500

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Description

A large Chinese red lacquer rectangular box and cover 20th century, decorated in black, red and gold with the eight Buddhist emblems amidst formal scrolling foliage and flowers, 76.3cm long. (2) Cf. East Asian Lacquer, The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p.338, no.159 for a similar example.