A Large Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Rectangular Box and Cover, 19th Century
清中期剔紅攜琴訪友圖大方盒

19th Century

The box of large rectangular form, the flat cover deeply and crisply carved with figures in a fenced terrace in front of a pavilion amongst tall trees and jagged rockwork, a scholar riding assisted by two attendants, accompanied by a boy carrying a qin, standing next to a deer; a lotus pond in the distance, with three ducks and a flautist seated in a sampan beneath a willow tree, all below cloud scrolls and against a diaper ground, the sides carved with luxuriant flowering peonies; the interior of the box and of the cover lacquered in dark brown; with original Japanese wood box and cover.

Length of Box 16 3/4 x Width 13 1/4 x Height 6 1/4 in., 42.5 x 33.6 x 15.9 cm. Length of Storage Box 18 3/4 x Width 15 1/4 x Height 7 3/4 in., 47.6 x 38.7 x 19.7 cm.

Property from the Collection of Edwin Hardy, San Francisco, California.

Provenance:

Property from the Collection of Edwin Hardy, San Francisco, California.

來源：

加州舊金山Edwin Hardy先生藏。

In general good visual condition, with moderate surface wear and abrasions especially to the underside, the four corners with possible over paint.

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A Large Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Rectangular Box and Cover, 19th Century清中期 剔紅攜琴訪友圖大方盒

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A Large Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Rectangular Box and Cover, 19th Century
清中期剔紅攜琴訪友圖大方盒