A circular carved red lacquer box and cover. 19th century - image-1
A circular carved red lacquer box and cover. 19th century - image-2
A circular carved red lacquer box and cover. 19th century - image-1A circular carved red lacquer box and cover. 19th century - image-2

Lot 357 Dα

A circular carved red lacquer box and cover. 19th century

Auction 1061 - overview Cologne
04.12.2015, 14:00 - Asian Art II - Chinese Paintings, Decorative Arts, Porcelain and Ceramics
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €

A circular carved red lacquer box and cover. 19th century

A circular carved red lacquer box and cover decorated with four of the Eight Immortals in a garden under a tree. The interior and the bottom lacquered black. Damages and restorations. 19th century.
Height 15.5 cm; diameter 26.8 cm

Provenance

Private collection of a German railroad engineer, who lived in China before 1914, and thence by descent