A SMALL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY | 清十八/十九世紀 剔紅花蝶紋四方蓋盒

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A SMALL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

清十八/十九世紀 剔紅花蝶紋四方蓋盒

of square form, the covered decorated with a grasshopper perched on leafy floral spray issuing from jagged rocks, together with a small butterfly in flight, reserved against a diaper ground, the interiors and base lacquered black

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Width 5.4 cm, 2⅛ in.