Chinese wood lacquered boxes, 19th century, in which large f...
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£50 - £70
Chinese wood lacquered boxes, 19th century, in which large fringed embroidered silk shawls or robes, were sold: both with period annotations on the back, the first very large, hinged, with keyhole, the lacquer mid-brown, painted in several shades of gold, featuring a family gathering in a garden in front of a very decorative summer house, two figures carrying fans, water to the foreground, approx. 56 cm by 55 cm, 8 cm deep, together with a smaller box lacquered in black, painted in gold with a couple on a terrace at the edge of water, approx. 45 cm square, 4.5 cm deep (2)
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The first box is warped and the hinges detached. Inner painted panel in good condition but damage to the main body of the box. Key not present
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£50 - £70
Chinese wood lacquered boxes, 19th century, in which large fringed embroidered silk shawls or robes, were sold: both with period annotations on the back, the first very large, hinged, with keyhole, the lacquer mid-brown, painted in several shades of gold, featuring a family gathering in a garden in front of a very decorative summer house, two figures carrying fans, water to the foreground, approx. 56 cm by 55 cm, 8 cm deep, together with a smaller box lacquered in black, painted in gold with a couple on a terrace at the edge of water, approx. 45 cm square, 4.5 cm deep (2)
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The first box is warped and the hinges detached. Inner painted panel in good condition but damage to the main body of the box. Key not present
