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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL VENEERED BOX AND COVER Typically the portraits set into these boxes depict actual subjects
Late 18th/early 19th century commissioned from leading miniaturists in Europe; see a related
The exterior carved in openwork relief with panels enclosing a mother-of-pearl box and cover, circa 1775, in the Victoria and Albert
profusion of flowering peony blooms issuing from leafy stems on a Museum, London, illustrated by C.Clunas, Chinese Export Art and
hatched pattern ground, the compartmented velvet-lined interior Design, London, 1987, no.78.
containing four mother-of-pearl rectangular boxes and hinged covers
decorated with medallions depicting twin birds beside a quiver of See a related gilt-bronze and glass ‘European lady’ circular snuff box
arrows, on floral grounds, 18.5cm (7 1/4in) wide; together with and cover, circa 1750-1780, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong,
a mother-of-pearl snuff box and cover, Qianlong, the cover finely 24 November 2013, lot 12.
enamelled with a European lady, 7.5cm (3in) wide. (6).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀晚期/十九世紀早期 嵌螺鈿鏤雕花鳥紋套盒 及清乾隆 畫琺
瑯人像螺鈿鼻煙盒

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