The center of the domed cover is intricately carved in openwork, featuring leafy scrollwork and flowers, finely painted in shades of red, green, and white. The box and cover encircled by a gold and black key-fret border, with the sides similarly decorated.
A rare reticulated painted lacquer box and cover (Yongzheng mark and period, 1723-1735)
Description
Dimensions: 10cm diameter
Provenance:
A private English collection
The center of the domed cover is intricately carved in openwork, featuring leafy scrollwork and flowers, finely painted in shades of red, green, and white. The box and cover encircled by a gold and black key-fret border, with the sides similarly decorated. The base is lacquered black and adorned with two ripe peaches growing from gnarled leafy branches below a four-character Yongzheng mark. The interiors also painted in gold.
Compare an almost identical box and cover, sold at Bonhams London, 8 November 2018, lot 225. A related circular lacquered wood box and cover but with a design of butterflies, Yongzheng period, from the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Shanghai, 2006, p.144, pl.103.
