STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics
STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics
A GOLD PENDANT BETEL NUT BOX, PROBABLY CANTON, MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 11, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GOLD PENDANT BETEL NUT BOX, PROBABLY CANTON, MID 19TH CENTURY,
the quatrefoil body richly decorated in relief on side panels with flowering plants within ropework borders, the similarly decorated hinged lid and reverse inhabited with figures, split-ring pendant, unmarked
5.7cm., 2 ¼ in. wide, 112gr., 3oz. 12dwt.
The workmanship of the panels on this box is closely related to the type of carving found on ivory, tortoiseshell and lacquer usually associated with the city of Canton. A tortoiseshell box with similar high relief carving, made in Canton (Guangzhou), circa 1820-40, can be found in the Victoria and Albert Museum (museum number 636:1 to 40-1877).