A VERY RARE FAMILLE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT BOX AND COVER of scalloped shape, the cover enamelled with a European figure in profile surrounded by letters and a petal border above circle and squares around the rim, the exterior of the box similarly decorated and with a coat-of-arms flanked by ribboned columns below a crown, the interior of the box and cover with a chysanthemum head, Qianlong | Christie's

Lot 99

A VERY RARE FAMILLE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT BOX AND COVER of scalloped shape, the cover enamelled with a European figure in profile surrounded by letters and a petal border above circle and squares around the rim, the exterior of the box similarly decorated and with a coat-of-arms flanked by ribboned columns below a crown, the interior of the box and cover with a chysanthemum head, Qianlong

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A VERY RARE FAMILLE EUROPEAN-SUBJECT BOX AND COVER of scalloped shape, the cover enamelled with a European figure in profile surrounded by letters and a petal border above circle and squares around the rim, the exterior of the box similarly decorated and with a coat-of-arms flanked by ribboned columns below a crown, the interior of the box and cover with a chysanthemum head, Qianlong
6cm. diam., box

Lot Essay

The design on the cover and the base is a copy of a Spanish-American dollar. Cf. D. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., p. 666 where a jade snuff-bottle, carved with a similar dollar is illustrated

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