A PARCEL-GILT TIERED SILVER BOX AND COVER YUAN/MING DYNASTY | 元/明 銀局部鎏金高士圖雙層圓蓋盒

A PARCEL-GILT TIERED SILVER BOX AND COVER

YUAN/MING DYNASTY

元/明 銀局部鎏金高士圖雙層圓蓋盒

the cover decorated in repousse technique with a foliate-shaped cartouche depicting figures strolling amidst a landscape, the sides of the box applied and chased with gnarled branches bearing fruits and flowers flanked by square seals within quatrefoil borders, all reserved against a ring-punched fish-roe ground, the base inscribed with two characters reading shang yi

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Height 10.5 cm, 4⅛ in.