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DONNINGTON PRIORY
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A export lacquer games box,
19th century, of rectangular form
with canted corners, the gilt and
red heightened black ground
depicting figures by pavilions key-
fret and foliate borders, the interior
with seven subsidiary covered
boxes and twelve trays, supported
on four paw feet, 38.5 cm.wide
清 十九世纪 金彩漆螺长人物
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图方盒
£400-600
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A rare ruyi sceptre, 18th-19th vaporous clouds and bats and
century, elegantly inlaid with a Qianlong four-character mark,
translucent coloured glass the base piercer to suspend an
paste imitating precious stones, emerald green silk tassel holding a
decorated with six-petal prunus jade bi disc
flowers on a ruby, “cracked-ice”
ground, the reverse side finely 清 铜鎏金镶料石冰梅百宝纹嵌
incised with the Eight Buddhist 表如意 “乾隆年制” 四字篆书款
Emblems interspersed between
£1,000-1,500
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