Asian Art II - 15th November 2016

Lot 157

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE POMEGRANATE-SHAPED BOXES AND COVERS 19TH CENTURY Each ovoid box...

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £500

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Description

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE POMEGRANATE-SHAPED BOXES AND COVERS

19TH CENTURY

Each ovoid box naturalistically modelled in two halves, a smaller fruit issuing from a leafy stem and forming the finial to the cover, 11.5cm. (4)

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, The Greta Garbo Collection, 15th November 1990, lot 100; Philip Suval Inc., USA.