A CINNABAR LACQUER 'WANG XIZHI' BOX AND COVER Qianlong (2)A CINNABAR LACQUER 'WANG XIZHI' BOX AND COVERQianlongOf hexagonal form, the top carved to depict the master calligrapher seated on a garden veranda beside a boy attendant, looking out across a watery landscape to observe four geese, the sides with a honeycomb pattern, the interior and base lacquered black.14.1cm (5 1/2in) wide (2).Wang Xizhi is said to have developed his unique calligraphic style by watching the graceful swimming of geese. A brush pot with a related design in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Palace Museum: Peking, London, 1982, pl. 170