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Details
An export porcelain snuff box and hinged cover
Qianlong
of compressed globular form with flattened cover, painted en grisaille and flesh tone enamels to the cover with a European lady seated beneath a tree, approached by a semi-nude figure holding a bird and cage, the sides with panels of ladies and gentlemen courting in gardens, alternating with smaller river landscape roundels -- 2¾in. (7cms) diam.
See Illustration.
Qianlong
of compressed globular form with flattened cover, painted en grisaille and flesh tone enamels to the cover with a European lady seated beneath a tree, approached by a semi-nude figure holding a bird and cage, the sides with panels of ladies and gentlemen courting in gardens, alternating with smaller river landscape roundels -- 2¾in. (7cms) diam.
See Illustration.
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium