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A RARE INLAID ZITAN BOX AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
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A RARE INLAID ZITAN BOX AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
The box is of rectangular shape. The top is inlaid with mother-of-pearl, malachite, agate and wood depicting two recumbent buffaloes beside lingzhi and rocks and below a sun hidden by clouds. The base is inset with a mother-of-pearl square tablet with the character bing.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide
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These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.
See a similar inlaid Zitan box published in, Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, The Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 283, no. 228.