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708
A ‘SAWASA WARE’ PARCEL-GILT BOX
AND HINGED COVER
18th century
Finely worked with a scene of pavilions
and pagodas in a landscape of pine and
blossoming trees, with birds perched in
branches and figures in a boat, on a chiselled
gilt ground, the sides and base incised and
gilt with a variety of birds.
12.5cm (4.7/8in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
708 CNY18,000 - 27,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000

709
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ‘SAWASA’
TOBACCO BOX
17th/18th century
The oval box with blackened cold-chiselled
designs to the base and sides, with a stippled
gilt ground, the lid with a horse prancing in a
pastoral idyll 8.2cm (3 1/4) wide

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000

709

710
A PAIR OF PAINTED PEWTER FIGURES
OF EUROPEAN GENTLEMEN
19th century
Modelled in mirror image, each holding a
vase-form candleholder, wearing formal coats,
cravats and top hats, standing on reticulated
plinth bases.
19cm (7.1/2in) high. (2).
£600 - 800
CNY5,300 - 7,100
HK$6,600 - 8,800
For similar pewter European figures, see
David S. Howard, A Tale of Three Cities,
Canton, Shanghai and Canton, London,
1997, pp. 198-199.

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