Live Auction 5453Christie's Interiors
A CHINESE PSEUDO-ARMORIAL TOBACCO-LEAF BASKET AND STAND
Lot 187

A CHINESE PSEUDO-ARMORIAL TOBACCO-LEAF BASKET AND STAND

CIRCA 1800-10

Closed5 April 2011

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GBP 1,125

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A CHINESE PSEUDO-ARMORIAL TOBACCO-LEAF BASKET AND STAND
CIRCA 1800-10
The oval basket with applied gilt strap handles and pierced sides and the stand with similar pierced border, brightly enamelled with overlapping leaves around an anchor and motto within an oval medallion
The stand 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide

Specialist note

This basket and stand may well have been ordered by a ship's captain or officer, who did not have a coat-of-arms to place onto the service.