A Chinese cloisonne circular box and cover, the top decorated with a floral roundel on a turquoise ground, surrounded by a band of stylised petals, the sides similarly decorated, the interior and base gilt-copper with a narrow band of incised scrolling foliage (damage to top and sides, gilt slightly worn) -- 2¾in.diam., Jingtai four-character mark and of the period.

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A Chinese cloisonne circular box and cover, the top decorated with a floral roundel on a turquoise ground, surrounded by a band of stylised petals, the sides similarly decorated, the interior and base gilt-copper with a narrow band of incised scrolling foliage (damage to top and sides, gilt slightly worn) -- 2¾in.diam., Jingtai four-character mark and of the period.
See Colour Plate 7.

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