SB425: Sewing box with Japanned, raised and polychromed decoration on this sewing box depicting a truly golden vision of Cathay. Figures relax in a garden with a distant rock in the background and the ho-ho bird above. This is a relatively late example of such work and it does not have an overall varnish. Note how the gold and the colors have remained brighter than in earlier examples. 8.5" wide. Circa 1820.

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