RARE HUANGHUALI 'TREASURES' BOX  QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH C...

Hammer

£8,600

RARE HUANGHUALI 'TREASURES' BOX 
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
the hexagonal box finely carved throughout with overlapping stylised 'crashing-waves' centred by a lotus blossom, opening to reveal an interior lotus stem and further crashing waves enclosing five shaped panels inscribed with poems written by the Qianlong Emperor, the underside also inscribed with a further poem 
22cm wide

PROVENANCE: Yorkshire collection formed in Asia

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Good overall condition and colour with signs of age and use.