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    SANCAI BISCUIT LEAF-FORM BOX AND COVER
    DESCRIPTION BELOW

    CATALOGUE NUMBER 1294

    SANCAI BISCUIT LEAF-FORM BOX AND COVER

    KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)

    DIMENSIONS

    Length: 5 inches

     

    PROVENANCE

    • Berwald Oriental Art, London, 2008

    • Private Belgian Collection

     

    CATALOGUE NOTES

    The box, formed as an artemesia leaf, opens by way of

    a hinged sliding flat cover surmounted by an aubergine seated Buddhist lion in an animated pose looking to the side. The sides are decorated AND the lion is adorned with green strands of hair, his head applied with green and yellow curls.