A CHINESE TORTOISE-SHELL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER 19TH CENTURY...

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£550

A CHINESE TORTOISE-SHELL CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1840
carved in relief with a scholar seated at a table with ladies and children in a landscape scene beneath pavilions amongst willow, plantain and prunus trees, all within a rope-twist and flowerhead border, the underside carved in the round with a saddled horse, a seated figure and a figure at a window, with attendants, rockwork and willow with clouds, with flowerhead and landscape border.
9.5cm diameter.

PROVENANCE: From the collection of James Basil Wilson and Julia Wilson and thence by descent.

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Good condition with wear commensurate with age.