A TORTOISESHELL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
A TORTOISESHELL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURYEstimate $4,000 – $6,000
- Lot Sold $4,500 (Hammer Price)
- $5,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
carved to the cover and base with figures in various activities in boats and before pavilions among prunus, pine and other trees, within scrolling foliage and bamboo borders, the sides with landscape and floral decoration
11.5CM
PROVENANCE
Christie's Melbourne, 29 May 2001, lot 324
Compare with a larger box was sold at Christie's South Kensington, 8 September 2009, lot 170; and a smaller box 8 June 2010, lot 11