Lot 885
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A RARE TIXI LACQUER AND LAC BURGAUTE BOX AND COVER
A RARE TIXI LACQUER AND LAC BURGAUTE BOX AND COVER
A RARE TIXI LACQUER AND LAC BURGAUTE BOX AND COVER
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Property from the Collection of Dorothy Tapper Goldman
A RARE TIXI LACQUER AND LAC BURGAUTE BOX AND COVER

17TH-18TH CENTURY

Details
A RARE TIXI LACQUER AND LAC BURGAUTE BOX AND COVER
17TH-18TH CENTURY
6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
James H. Kelley Collection, acquired circa 1960s-74 and thence by descent within the family.
Christie's New York, 15 September 2009, lot 236.

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Lot Essay

Compare the box and cover similarly carved with pommel scroll in the manner of earlier Ming tixi lacquer, as is the present chest, in the Qing Court collection, and bearing a Qianlong inscription, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 46 - Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 54, no. 35.

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