Lot 1234
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A RARE GILT-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER CART-FORM BOX
A RARE GILT-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER CART-FORM BOX
A RARE GILT-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER CART-FORM BOX
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A RARE GILT-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER CART-FORM BOX

18TH CENTURY

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A RARE GILT-DECORATED BLACK LACQUER CART-FORM BOX
18TH CENTURY
The box of rectangular section consists of three layers raised on four movable, spoked wheels; the top layer is a tray fitted with four L-shaped boxes surrounding a central rectangular box, the covers decorated with floral mon on a diaper ground, the tray has a flared open-work apron of joined ruyi heads decorated with lotus blossoms and sits on top of the lower two boxes decorated on the sides with lotus blossoms and archaistic scrolls, all in gilding on a black lacquer ground, and with red lacquer interiors.
11 ¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high, 16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long including wheels

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Lot Essay

Collector's boxes of this type were made to store precious objects. The shape and decoration of this unusual gilt-decorated black lacquer cart-form box are similar to those of carved red lacquer prototypes such as the example sold at Christie's New York, 17 March 2017, lot 1112, dated to the Qianlong period. Another two-tiered example supporting a nest of fitted boxes is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, no. 41. Another very similar box on wheels was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 6 April 2016, lot 3012, and a similar cart base raised on wheels was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 159.

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