A rare Chinese incised brown lacquer 'mythical beasts' box and cover, Western Han dynasty 西漢 褐漆戧金瑞獸紋蓋盒

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The finely executed brown lacquered box and cover with a circular top delicately incised to exterior with mythical creatures and animals in flight among a composite and stylised dragon cloud scrolls, bracketed in steeping bands composed of geometrical elements and spirals, the sides with mythical animals sitting on animals amidst stylised scroll work, the box further decorated with triangles and zigzag lines, all reserved on a brown lacquer ground of varying tones, the interior lacquered in red Size:(17cm diameter, 7-8cm high) Qty: (2) Provenance:Property of a Gentleman, London private collection 來源： 倫敦紳士收藏 Notes: Please refer to a comparable lacquer box and cover sold at Bonhams, Hong Kong, 29 May 2022, lot 106 and another illustrated in Zhongguo qiqi quanji 3: Han, 1997, pl.76, p.48 可參考香港邦瀚斯，2022 年 5 月 29 日，拍品編號 106 之漆蓋盒或參見《中國漆器全集 3：漢》1997年出版，圖版 76，第 48 頁所載之實例。

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