Description:
Ref:
895TC http://hygra.com/box/895TC
Antique Chinese export lacquer tea chest with gold decoration depicting
tea cultivation and trading scenes painted with a robustness of line and
an attention to minutiae and the use of the bright gold contrasted
against the black expanses. The caddy opens to a single compartment with
two lidded pewter tea canisters with supplementary inner lids.
This particular box is painted exceptionally well, with a robustness of line, with attention to minutiae, and with skillful use of bright gold contrasted against black expanses.
Origin: Canton, China;
Circa: 1830; Materials:
Gold decorated lacquer on wood; pewter liners.
Size: 28.5 cm wide by 21 cm by 16 cm: 11.2 inches wide
by 8.3 inches by 6.3 inches.
Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images. As each person has different criteria and antiques by their very nature have wear please enlarge the images and ask for extra information as needed.
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