λ An unusual Chinese veneered bamboo caddy late 18th/early 19th century

λ An unusual Chinese veneered bamboo caddy late 18th/early 19th century, each side applied with stained ivory in green, red and blue, depicting chrysanthemum, birds and insects, the hinged top with figures in a watery, mountainous landscape amidst pagodas and pine, the lock, hinges and handle silver, 23.5cm.

Cf. M Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, p.220, pl.2, where this caddy is illustrated.

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