EXCEPTIONALLY RARE LEMON-GLAZED LOBED BOX AND COVER KANGXI ...

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EXCEPTIONALLY RARE LEMON-GLAZED LOBED BOX AND COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
康熙黃釉纏枝蓮紋蓋盒一件
the box and cover are both of lobed octafoil form and the flat base has eight short feet. The cover is finely incised with scrolling lotus flowers and tendrils circling a single centred lotus flower. The sides of the box are incised with a band of alternating sprays and with the lid are covered overall with a rich yellow glaze stopping neatly at the rims.
9.4 cm diam.

PROVENANCE: Acquired from Bonhams, Bond Street, “Fine Chinese Art”, 14 May 2009, Lot 48.

Formerly in the R.H.R. Palmer Collection, Inventory No 317, where it is stated that the box was purchased in May 1934 for £45. Reginald Howard Reed Palmer (1898 – 1970) was Chairman of Huntley and Palmer 1948 – 1963 and was educated at Eton. He started collecting Chinese works of art when he married in 1924, much helped by his wife who had an equally good eye, especially for jades, and they went on to build a collection consisting of Ming and Qing porcelain, jade, ivory and lacquer. Their taste is said to have been moulded by Duveen. On a number of occasions the Palmers lent pieces to exhibitions held by the Oriental Ceramic Society.