Carved Dark Red Cinnabar Lacquered Double-sided Box and Cover

Description:

Carved Dark Red Cinnabar Lacquered Double-sided Box and Cover, China, possibly Qianlong period, slightly domed shallow bowl-shape, the box with a phoenix amongst peonies in a roundel, the cover with a Daoist landscape with Immortals in a roundel, both with a floral-patterned frieze around rims, black-lacquered interior, ht. 5, dia. 7 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased in China in the 1930s, then by descent to the present owner.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

the cover rim with damage, traces of repairs, and retouches, cracks to black interior lacquer, some surface dirt to carved details.


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