A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER19th centuryThe cover decorated with a panel of gentlemen and boy attendants gathering in a landscape of pine and rockwork, the sides with lotus blooms and a dense profusion of scrolling foliage.26.2cm (10.3/8in) diam. (2).For further information on this lot please visit theCondition Report: Extensive cracking and at least five large losses to edge of cover rim (two going up the side for abut 2cm) and box footrim, largest approx 10cm wide. Cracking makes lacquer unstable in places. Some old restoration around the edges of the rims (box and cover) which has now degraded and is partly flaking off. Expected old wear.Provenance: Please note this lot is to be sold at no reserve.