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

Property from the Ezekiel Collection
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.

Condition Report:
There is a 1cm., wide rim chip to the cover, refreshing and minor chips to the lacquer on and around the flaming pearl in the centre of both the cover and the box, some further re-freshing to one of the dragons heads by the rim of the cover and two small areas of scroll decoration, some nicks to the edges and raised parts of the carving on the box and cover and refreshing to the red lacquer on the rims and flange.

中文內容僅供參考，請以英文原版為準。蓋邊沿見一細磕（寬約1公分），通體邊沿及邊角處可見幾處細磕及修飾，如蓋面龍首處。