A carved cinnabar lacquer 'dragon' box and cover, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆 剔紅遊龍趕珠紋圓蓋盒

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A carved cinnabar lacquer 'dragon' box and cover

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

清乾隆 剔紅遊龍趕珠紋圓蓋盒

the top of the domed cover deeply and finely carved with a central ferocious five-clawed dragon with its powerful scaly body writhing around a 'flaming pearl', encircled by four dragons striding in a similar pursuit, all reserved on a dense ground of crashing waves and flames, the base similarly decorated, the interiors lacquered black

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Diameter 19 cm, 7½ in.