Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 26
A Chinese silver gilt filigree box 18th/19th century
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4200
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Description
A Chinese silver gilt filigree box 18th/19th century, the hinged cover in the form of a butterfly, applied with enamelled flowering tendrils, all reserved on grounds of curls and scales, and with small flowerheads and gourds to the borders, the front panel with a lock, 17.2cm.
Cf. The Imperial Packing Art of Qing Dynasty, Classics of the Forbidden City, pp.178-9, for a related filigree box. See also Woolley & Wallis, 22nd May 2013, lot 255.