QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE SILVER FILIGREE 'DRAGON' MALLOW-FORM BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The cover is exquisitely decorated with a pair of sinuous dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' within a circular border surrounded by a band of eight miscellaneous treasures, each within a cartouche. The sloping sides are further decorated with floral sprays within eight cartouches, all against a dense openwork floral scroll-ground of fine silver filigree, with further floral scrolls on the vertical sides of both the box and cover.
5 3/4 in. (14.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

A closely related example of smaller size is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and is illustrated in Beijing Wenwu Jingpin, Beijing, 2008, no. 157. Also compare to an almost identical silver box and cover sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3092.

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