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Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Flowers Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Flowers Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Flowers
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LOT 2432

Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Flowers

20TH CENTURY A.D.

3 in. (130 grams, 76 mm).

Discoid in plan and squat in profile with running tendril to the side, lid carved with foliage and flowers on a hatched field. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 2432

Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Flowers

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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