A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25 Apr 2017
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A good silver-mounted Saint Cloud snuff box or bonbonnière
A good silver-mounted Saint Cloud snuff box or bonbonnière,
c.1745, modelled in the blanc de Chine manner as the pagoda figure of Buddhai Ho Sheng, the rotund Chinese monk seated with belly exposed, his robes moulded with flower sprays, echoed to the hinged flat cover, the silver mount with Paris discharge marks for 1744-50, 6.5cm high.