Round box with “spring” and “longevity” characters Carved polychrome lacquerware Ch’ing dynasty, Ch’ien-lung reign (1736-1795)

Round box with “spring” and “longevity” characters Carved polychrome lacquerware Ch’ing dynasty, Ch’ien-lung reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1H000052N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Lacquer wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Plants/Paint/
• Description:
  There are four groups of landscape characters in the interior of the box edge Kaiguang. The Kaiguang room is decorated with yellow ground, green paint, oblique lattice and brocade ground, on which eight treasures are embossed. There is a treasure pot in the big circle of the box cover, which is full of all kinds of treasures. It shines brightly. There is a big spring character in the middle, an Antarctic fairy in the spring character, and a line of dragons on the outside. It completely inherits the Jiajing style of the Spring Life treasure box, and the size, proportion, patterns, etc. are almost identical, which seems to be a deliberate imitation. However, the colors are more diverse, green, yellow, purple brown, red, and bright colors, and the sabre technique is more neat, which specifically represents the technological level of the Qianlong Dynasty.