AN IMPERIAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD | 清乾隆 剔紅赤壁寶盒 《赤壁寶盒》、《大清乾隆年製》款

AN IMPERIAL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER

QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD

清乾隆 剔紅赤壁寶盒 《赤壁寶盒》、《大清乾隆年製》款

the cover crisply carved with a landscape scene depicting Su Shi's first visit to the Red Cliff, illustrating his companions on a raft steering towards the vertical cliff detailed with gnarled pine trees issuing from rockwock, the sides carved with bats and floral roundels against a diaper ground, the box similarly decorated, the base lacquered black and incised and gilt with a six-character reign mark, the inside of the cover lacquered black and incised and gilt with a four-character inscription reading Chibi baohe ('Red cliff treasure box')

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Diameter 18 cm, 7⅛ in.

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