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Bonhams London, 12 December Image courtesy of Palace Museum, Beijing
2012, lot 18 北京故宮博物院藏
倫敦邦瀚斯，2012年12月12日，
拍品編號18

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A SUPERB MOSS AGATE AND HARDSTONE-MOUNTED
GILT-METAL CASKET IN THE MANNER OF JAMES COX
Circa 1760s
The bombe-shaped case with a lid inlaid with moss-agate panels
within a running border of stylised interlaced ovals, the body formed
as a mid 18th century commode with symmetrically matched panels
of agate within ormolu borders, each corner mounted with a winged
cherub head on boldly-cast volutes on mask-headed scrolls, the front
decorated in gilt with a group of ram-head and musical instruments,
the lid and two sides fitted with handles in the form of acanthus scrolls,
supported on four cast feet modelled as elephants.
15.8cm (6in) high.

HKD600,000 - 800,000
US$77,000 - 100,000

約十八世紀六十年代 James Cox風格銅鎏金嵌瑪瑙規矩盒

Provenance:
Christie’s London, 15 June 1976, lot 192

來源：
倫敦佳士得，1976年6月15日，拍品編號192

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