A rare Chinese Imperial documentary enamelled silver gilt filigree box and cover late 18th/early...

A rare Chinese Imperial documentary enamelled silver gilt filigree box and cover late 18th/early 19th century, decorated with a stone chime or qing suspended from a stylized bat encircled by scrolling foliage, flowers and peaches, the sides with bats and lotus, all on a ground of tight scrolls, 7.2cm.

The interior of the lid is inscribed 'Taken by General John Hart Dunne from the Summer Palace, Pekin, 1860, and given to him by his uncle, the Revd. Richard Hart of Catton, Norwich, with whom and his widow Jane Hart it remained until 1897'.

Provenance: The Summer Palace, Beijing, 1860. General Sir John Dunne (d.20th April 1924).

Cf. A Special Exhibition of Incense Burners and Perfumers Throughout the Dynasties p.256, no.110 for a related box in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

十八/十九世紀  鍍銀累絲填琺瑯倭角銘文鼻烟盒

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