Asian Art I - 22nd May 2013
Lot 231
λ A rare Chinese Imperial red cinnabar lacquer box and cover Qianlong 1736-95
Estimate £20,000 - £30,000 | Hammer £20000
+ Buyers Premium
Description
λ A rare Chinese Imperial red cinnabar lacquer box and cover Qianlong 1736-95, the lobbed body carved in relief with eight panels containing seasonal flowers on a ground of formal scrolling lotus, the cover with a geometric cell-diaper ground inset in jade, hardstones, ivory and turquoise with a vase of flowers and other auspicious things, the inlays to the cover perhaps later additions, 31.5cm. (2)
Sold together with a letter to General Spratt Bowring from Wang Ho Hsuan, dated Peking July 1901.
Provenance: General Spratt Bowring, acquired in the Boxer Rebellion.
Cf. J Li, Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty,The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol.46, p.14-15.
清乾隆 御製剔紅嵌百寶博古圖蓋盒及信箋
來源：太平天國時期獲得，斯巴洛特·包爾將軍收藏