A PAINTED ENAMEL ‘EUROPEAN FIGURES’ SNUFF BOX AND COVER
A PAINTED ENAMEL ‘EUROPEAN FIGURES’ SNUFF BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The top of the box is delicately enamelled with a European lady and her child in a garden enclosed within a shaped cartouche reserved on a yellow ground with red floral motifs. Each side of the box is painted with a panel depicting a landscape scene on a green-enamelled ground filled with classic scrolls. The reverse of the cover is painted with two crabs among leaves and flowers. The base of the box is inscribed with a Qianlong reign mark in blue enamel on a turquoise ground.
2 cm. (5 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd. (according to label)
Sold at Christie’s Paris, 9 June 2015, lot 314
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A PAINTED ENAMEL ‘EUROPEAN FIGURES’ SNUFF BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK IN BLUE ENAMEL WITHIN A DOUBLE SQUARE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The top of the box is delicately enamelled with a European lady and her child in a garden enclosed within a shaped cartouche reserved on a yellow ground with red floral motifs. Each side of the box is painted with a panel depicting a landscape scene on a green-enamelled ground filled with classic scrolls. The reverse of the cover is painted with two crabs among leaves and flowers. The base of the box is inscribed with a Qianlong reign mark in blue enamel on a turquoise ground.
2 cm. (5 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd. (according to label)
Sold at Christie’s Paris, 9 June 2015, lot 314
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