Sold for:
$889
$889
Chinese Gilt Lacquer Sewing Box with Ivory Sewing Implements, c. 1840, octagonal form with brass handles and carved paw feet, decorated with a gilt waterway with houses and figures, figures in courtyards, flowers, and birds on a black ground, the interior fitted with a compartmented lift-out tray containing ivory sewing implements, lower compartmented drawer, one compartment with hinged lid, (gilt wear, surface cracks, lacquer losses on drawer), ht. 6 1/4, wd. 13 1/2, dp. 9 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-08-14
