A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PAIR OF CANTON TRIBUTE BEJEWELLED AND JADEITE-INLAID SILVER-GILT BOXES QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Each silver-gilt box is of octagonal-form, set with a jadeite plaque of conforming shape on each side, framed by borders comprised of seed pearls and red glass beads. The gilt base is chased with auspicious emblems within an octagonal panel, surrounded by concentric rings of leafy scrolls and scrolling trefoils. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) wide Provenance Brooke Astor (1902-2007), New York Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 24 September 2012, lot 150
A MAGNIFICENT AND RARE PAIR OF CANTON TRIBUTE BEJEWELLED AND JADEITE-INLAID SILVER-GILT BOXES QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Each silver-gilt box is of octagonal-form, set with a jadeite plaque of conforming shape on each side, framed by borders comprised of seed pearls and red glass beads. The gilt base is chased with auspicious emblems within an octagonal panel, surrounded by concentric rings of leafy scrolls and scrolling trefoils. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) wide Provenance Brooke Astor (1902-2007), New York Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor, sold at Sotheby’s New York, 24 September 2012, lot 150
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