ID 1291417
Lot 860 | A VERY RARE LARGE AND SUPERBLY CARVED IMPERIAL RED LACQUER COVER
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
QIANLONG PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE YIWEI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1775
There is a two-character inscription on one side reading Long Xiang (Dragon Fragrance), followed by Qianlong yiwei chong zhuang (Repackaged in the yiwei year of the Qianlong period) and xia han (second volume).
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high, 19 ½ in. (49.7 cm.) wide, 14 in. (35.6 cm.) deep
Provenance
Friedrich Adolf Wellenkamp (1863-1951) Collection, acquired in China between 1918 and 1924, and thence by descent.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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