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QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-VENEERED BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, veneered on the top and sides with engraved, carved and pierced mother-of-pearl panels decorated with foliage, birds and flowering peony trees, within borders similarly decorated with flowers, the corners engraved with diaper patterns, the divided velvet lined interior probably originally containing tea caddies
9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.) wide
QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, veneered on the top and sides with engraved, carved and pierced mother-of-pearl panels decorated with foliage, birds and flowering peony trees, within borders similarly decorated with flowers, the corners engraved with diaper patterns, the divided velvet lined interior probably originally containing tea caddies
9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 3 November 1992, lot 202.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Brought to you by
Elizabeth Seigel
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