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    Sale 5101

    Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

    London, South Kensington

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    9 November 2007

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    • A mother-of-pearl inlaid black
    Lot 62

    A mother-of-pearl inlaid black lacquered two-tiered box and cover, 16th/17th century

    Price realised

    GBP 1,125

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 800

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    A mother-of-pearl inlaid black lacquered two-tiered box and cover, 16th/17th century
    of square-section with indented corners, tapering at the lower tier, supported on a short spreading foot, decorated on the sides and cover with quatrelobed cartouches reserved on a cash diaper ground variously enclosing a long-tail bird amidst clouds, auspicious emblems, figures in a fenced garden, amidst bamboo, at rest and before a shrine, and chrysanthemum sprays, with foliate sprays on the shaped foot, the interiors black lacquered -- 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high.

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