A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOXES AND COVERS QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOXES AND COVERS QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each of circular form, similarly and brightly enameled, the interior of the boxes with three deer gamboling beneath a pine tree and a flying crane encircled by a band of classic lotus scroll, the exterior with floral sprays, the rounded cover with three rams grazing amid flowers and a towering pine tree, the interior with a pair of birds and flowering chrysanthemum surrounded by further lotus scroll, the sides with flowers and fruit, all on a turquoise ground (4)
Diameter 8 1/2 in., 21.6 cm