Polychrome enamel snuff box on copper, China, 1780–1850 Rounded and...
Polychrome enamel snuff box on copper, China, 1780–1850
Rounded and flattened in shape, decorated with polychrome enamel on a light blue ground featuring stylized lotus flowers and scrollwork. The neck is decorated with a frieze of leiwen. The base is enamelled in white. Stopper made of a copper alloy.
Height: 4.8 cm
Enamel missing from the shoulders; restorations.
Provenance:
Millon-Jutheau auction, Hôtel Drouot, March 5 and 6, 1985, lot no. 192.
Polychrome enamel snuff box on copper, China, 1780–1850
Rounded and flattened in shape, decorated with polychrome enamel on a light blue ground featuring stylized lotus flowers and scrollwork. The neck is decorated with a frieze of leiwen. The base is enamelled in white. Stopper made of a copper alloy.
Height: 4.8 cm
Enamel missing from the shoulders; restorations.
Provenance:
Millon-Jutheau auction, Hôtel Drouot, March 5 and 6, 1985, lot no. 192.
