Lot 3655. A cinnabar lacquer carved 'Scholar' box and cover, 17th century, 6.2 cm, 2 3/8  in. 6.2 cm, 2 3/8  in. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 HKD. Lot sold 150,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. 

of circular section, the cover skilfully carved with a scene depicting an elderly scholar seated on a diapered ground and gazing at a waterfall between a large pine tree and jagged cliffs, all within a wavy border repeated at the rim and countersunk base of the box, the box further encircled by a continuous diaper-ground frieze enclosing pine blossoms, jagged rockwork and waterfalls, the interior lacquered black 

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 Apr 2017