Lot 290 | Important box with red carved lacquer

IMPORTANT BOX WITH RED CARVED LACQUER.

Origin: China.
Dynasty: Qing dynasty.
Date: 18th c.
Technique: Wooden body with paper layer. Red carved lacquer. Inside lacquered black.
Description: In flattened round form. On the lid in a round cartouche a scene from the story "Outlaws
in the Marsh" (Shui Hu Zhuan). On each side four narrow cartouches with a scholar and a
servant boy in a landscape, between them the attributes of the Eight Immortals. The
background is filled with a fine diamond pattern with blossoms.
Measurement: H.19cm, Ø 34cm.


Provenance:
Private collection Bergisches Land. Acquired 1975 in St. Tropez in the art trade. Since then in private property.

水滸傳人物故事剔紅捧盒

清   18世紀   高19cm/直徑34cm

該捧盒圓餅式，子母扣。盒內及圈足內均髹黑漆，盒外通體髹朱漆。蓋面一圓形開光，邊沿外一周變形凹字紋，內一周迴紋，其內錦地上高浮雕梁山人物故事“林沖下跪王倫”，其間樓閣松石，畫面層次清晰。蓋壁花紋錦地上四組菱花形扁開光內雕刻山水高士，開光間各飾一暗八仙。底盒壁紋飾相同，近足處一周迴紋。

來源：德國北威州貝格之地私人藏品。1975年購於法國聖特羅佩古董店。