Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Auction Closed
November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A MOULDED GOURD CRICKET CAGE AND TORTOISESHELL COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
清十八/十九世紀 匏製玳瑁蓋蟋蟀罐
the bulbous body rising from a rounded tip to a short neck with a wooden rim, moulded to the body with a dense basketry pattern, the tortoiseshell cover carved with two five-clawed dragons amidst lingzhi scrolls
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Length 13.8 cm, 5⅜ in.
Sandy and Cecile Mactaggart Collection.
Sandy Mactaggart伉儷收藏