Pair of peach-shaped boxes and covers second half of eighteenth century
Red lacquer | 10.6 x 14.5 x 13.7 cm (average amongst members) | RCIN 10803
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Pair of peach-shaped boxes. Quite thickly made, with flanged rim to take the cover, which is round-topped, pointed on one side and slightly indented on the other. Carved on the top of RCIN 10803.1, the Daoist Immortal Zhongli Quan holding a fan, accompanied by two servants, one with a spray of lingzhi. On RCIN 10803.2, the Immortal Li Tieguai with his pilgrim’s gourd, also in a landscape. The design framed by a ring of nine bats and sprays of peach.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.
Provenance
Acquired by the Prince of Wales in Japan for Queen Mary, June 1922. Recorded in Queen Mary's Catalogue of Bibelots, Miniatures and Other Valuables, Volume II, 47-8.
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Medium and techniques
Red lacquer
Measurements
10.6 x 14.5 x 13.7 cm (average amongst members)
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Place of Production
China
