A hardstone inlaid three-tiered picnic box, Tihe, Qing dynasty
Estimate $3,500 – $5,500
of hexagonal form with three trays stacked above one another, set on a base frame joined at the top by an arched handle through which is set a long locking pin securing it to the cover, the cover inlaid in various coloured hardstones with birds and butterfly beside a fruiting and flowering prunus tree, bamboo and lingzhi fungus growing among rockwork, the sides similarly decorated with precious objects and fruiting and flowering sprigs within silver wire borders
25 cm high, 27 cm wide
Condition Report
The cover decoration with the tip of one branch now missing approx 0.5cm. The lower section with horizontal crack across two decorated sides. Some small pieces of silver wire decoration missing or lifting.
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