AN ARCHAISTIC SILVER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of slightly compressed spherical form, the cover delicately chased with alternating pairs of magpies and bats interspersed with leafing prunus centered by a large prunus blossom, all against an intricate ring-matted ground, the base similarly decorated with the addition of a recumbent deer beneath bamboo, all raised on a splayed stepped foot (2)

East Coast Private Collection.