Antique CHINESE Lacquer Basket HAND- PAINTED ZODIAC Altar Bowl Palembang for Sale

Antique CHINESE Lacquer Basket HAND- PAINTED ZODIAC Altar Bowl Palembang For Sale

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Antique CHINESE Lacquer Basket HAND- PAINTED ZODIAC Altar Bowl Palembang :
$598.89

Gorgeous Museum quality Dragons Blood Lacquer Zodiac Painted animals on a ceremonial Footed Basket made of rattan, Silver Leaf, Red Tinted Lacquer. Finely Created Vessel of the Palembang culture and it’s Chinese artistry.

Early 19th / 20th C Palembang, South Sumatra Indonesia

Qing dynasty - 13” Diameter x 6” H

Excellent antique condition 8.5/10 The outside is beautifully painted in the Dragons Blood Red Tinted Palembang “Red Gold”.

Interior and footed rims have some minor surface loss, see images.

Last 5 photos are research photos and images of items in museum collections.

Carefully custom packed and ships within one day of receipt of payment.

** Signature required upon delivery.**

Must be shipped to a location where an adult will be able to receive and sign for centuries a large Peranakan Chinese Community has lived in Palembang. Only twenty sailing days away from Guangdong in the south of China, it was a major port for Chinese vessels trading in pepper.

In the 18th-century lacquerware was introduced in Palembang by Chinese artisans who migrated to this city to work at the royal court during the reign of Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin (1724-1757).

This laquer bowl was probably one of a pair and placed upon an tri footed stand to be viewed from below, part of the finely lacquered furniture which was placed in a Palembang bridal chamber.

Apart from displaying wealth and status, they were all decorated with auspicious motifs, referring to joy, happiness, and fertility.