Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 15 October 2018
Decorative Arts
About this Item
A Chinese Export tortoiseshell box and cover, Canton, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
circular, the detachable cover carved with figures in a sampan before a balustraded garden and pavilions, enclosed by a foliate border, the reverse carved with a figure offering a basket to a maiden and her attendant before pavilions, with a further figure and his dog in the distance, enclosing a circular vacant cartouche, some loss to the rim, 8,8cm diameter
*This lot is not suitable for export
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