China, (Qing Dynasty, 19th Century), Jewelry box with lid, cinnabar and blue lacquer on a carved wooden base.
Description:
China
(Qing Dynasty, 19th Century)
Jewelry box with lid
Cinnabar and blue lacquer on carved wooden base
Dimensions: h. cm. 13.4; diam. cm 26.7
Cinnabar red lacquer box, with interior and base lacquered in blue. A band of peonies surrounds the central medallion in which a literary scene taking place around a palace in the middle of a forest is depicted.
