Olivia Xu
Associate Specialist
Lot 180Y
A HUANGHUALI SCROLL BOX AND COVER 18th century
3 November 2022, 12:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
A HUANGHUALI SCROLL BOX AND COVER
18th century
The rectangular cover exquisitely carved on each side with writhing archaistic chilong amidst scrolling clouds and auspicious lingzhi, the base with two scroll supports in the form of chilong with curved backs, the base and cover interior lacquered red. 59.5cm (23 1/2in) long. (2).
The rectangular cover exquisitely carved on each side with writhing archaistic chilong amidst scrolling clouds and auspicious lingzhi, the base with two scroll supports in the form of chilong with curved backs, the base and cover interior lacquered red. 59.5cm (23 1/2in) long. (2).
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十八世紀 黃花梨長方卷軸盒
Intricately carved with elaborate designs of chilong and yi, the present box was likely produced for use by a high-ranking member of the Qing Court or scholar-official elite. Scroll boxes bearing a similar form as the present example were favoured by the Qianlong emperor to preserve his own poems and essays.
Compare with a related zitan scroll box, 18th century, illustrated in Qing Legacies: The Sumptuous Art of Imperial Packaging, Macau, 2000, no.4. See also a related carved cinnabar lacquer box decorated with dragons, Qianlong, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Ibid., no.14. Compare with a related pair of zitan scroll boxes, Qianlong, which were sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 1998, lot 231.
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