CIRCA 1800-20

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A RARE SILVER-MOUNTED IVORY AND WATERCOLOUR RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
Circa 1800-20
The ivory box finely carved in relief on the exterior with figures at various pursuits including gathering peaches, farming, fishing, dancing, playing musical instruments, accompanied by deer, phoenix and cattle, amongst pavilions, riverscapes, trees and rockwork, the cover with an oval panel enclosing a coronet above initials, the cover interior with a finely painted scene depicting The Boca Tigris, with four sailing vessels on the Pearl River, and the interior of the box with a fitted tray containing six compartments, each cover finely carved and pierced with fruiting and flowering peach, pomegrante, finger citrus and plum applied with fruit finials
10¾ x 5¼ x 4 3/8 in. (27.3 x 13.5 x 11 cm.)

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Lot Essay

A similar slightly smaller box but with identical painting in the interior is in the Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust Collection, no. T78. Another, from the Richard Milhender Collection, is illustrated by Carl L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, 1991, colour plate 108, where the author comments "This wonderfully carved and painted box illustrates the combined talents of a fine ivory carver and a port or miniature painter".

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