ID 395520
Lot 1625 | A RED LACQUER 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
JIAJING INCISED AND GILT SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)
The top of the box is deeply carved with a sinuous dragon writhing around a shou medallion between camellia and crabapple to one side and a fruiting branch and lingzhi to the other, above a band of phoenixes alternating with cranes in flight between rose sprays on the sloping shoulder, which is repeated on the rounded lower body below a band of lingzhi meander on the vertical sides. The gilt-highlighted reign mark is incised in a line in the center of the black-lacquered base.
11 in. (28 cm.) diam.
| Applied technique: | Lacquer |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
| Historical era: | Antique period |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
| Applied technique: | Lacquer |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass |
| Historical era: | Antique period |
| Auction house category: | Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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