Lot 296
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A CHANTILLY PORCELAIN GILT-METAL MOUNTED KAKIEMON SNUFF-BOX
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A CHANTILLY PORCELAIN GILT-METAL MOUNTED KAKIEMON SNUFF-BOX

CIRCA 1740-50

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A CHANTILLY PORCELAIN GILT-METAL MOUNTED KAKIEMON SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1740-50
Of lobed form moulded with three bands converging at the centre of the cover, painted with trailing Oriental flowering plants, the raised bands with pendant flowers and foliage and edged with double iron-red lines, the interior with an exotic plant and two insects in flight
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

Cf. Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boites en Porcelaine des manufactures europennes au 18e sicle (Fribourg, 1985), p. 462, no. 401 for a similar example, and also see Beauchamp-Markowsky's catalogue of boxes on loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Collection of 18th Century Porcelain Boxes (1988), p. 158, no. 86 for the same box.

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