A Chinese hardwood circular box and cover, 18th century, inlaid with a carved ivory handle issuing hardstone branches ending with ivory and mother-of-pearl blossoms amidst jadeite buds, above a carved mother-of-pearl panel with incised flowering...
A Chinese hardwood circular box and cover, 18th century, inlaid with a carved ivory handle issuing hardstone branches ending with ivory and mother-of-pearl blossoms amidst jadeite buds, above a carved mother-of-pearl panel with incised flowering peony decorations, hardstone butterflies and an ivory bird hover above the branches, the box housing a painted enamel h'ors d'oeuvres set, with a central circular dish with eight outer dishes, all decorated with four-clawed dragons amidst a dense ground of polychrome lingzhi clouds, the central dish with two dragons encircling a flaming pearl, 40cm diameter (10)
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A Chinese hardwood circular box and cover, 18th century, inlaid with a carved ivory handle issuing hardstone branches ending with ivory and mother-of-pearl blossoms amidst jadeite buds, above a carved mother-of-pearl panel with incised flowering peony decorations, hardstone butterflies and an ivory bird hover above the branches, the box housing a painted enamel h'ors d'oeuvres set, with a central circular dish with eight outer dishes, all decorated with four-clawed dragons amidst a dense ground of polychrome lingzhi clouds, the central dish with two dragons encircling a flaming pearl, 40cm diameter (10)
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