A large covered cinnabar lacquer Ming-style document box, tray and cover


19th century Of rectangular form, the flat cover crisply carved with three sages and two boy-attendants looking at a scroll beside a crane, all beside a diaper-pattern lake, beneath wutong and plantain trees, a pavililon in the distance partially covered by wispy clouds, all within a shaped cartouche, the sides of the cover and the box carved with butterflies, peonies and leaves, the interior, tray and the base lacquered black. 44.5cm (17 1/2in) long. (3).
|十九世紀 剔紅仙人圖長方蓋盒Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏