Asian Art II - 14th November 2018
Lot 445
A CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE FOUR TIER HEXAGONAL BOX 17TH/18TH CENTURY The foliate body decorated...
Estimate £1,200 - £1,800 | Hammer £9500
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Description
A CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE FOUR TIER HEXAGONAL BOX
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The foliate body decorated with black lacquer and finely inlaid with mother of pearl with figures in a garden by a pavilion and a weeping willow to the cover enclosed within a diaper border, the sides with quatrefoil panels containing figures, birds and other animals against a cash-ground, the foot with a band of lappets, a seal mark inlaid to the underside, 23cm. (5)
Provenance: a Hong Kong private collection, previously in an American private collection, Pittsburgh, purchased from Freeman's Philadelphia, 16th September 2008, lot 221.