Live Auction 1585European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries Part I
A GROUP OF CANTON ENAMEL WARES
Lot 47

A GROUP OF CANTON ENAMEL WARES

18TH CENTURY

Closed16 April 2014

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GBP 3,500

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A GROUP OF CANTON ENAMEL WARES
18TH CENTURY
Comprising a circular European-subject snuff box and cover, another of rectangular form, both with decoration to the interior, and two pairs of dishes with figures in mountainous riverscapes
The boxes each 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) wide approx.; the dishes 4? in. (11.5 cm.) diam., and 4 in. (10.1 cm.) wide

The rectangular box: with A. van der Meer, Amsterdam, acquired in 1994.
Both pairs of dishes: acquired at a gallery on Spiegelstraat, Amsterdam, in 1987.

Specialist note

The square dishes bear a red two-character mark to the underside reading ‘shang xin’ (‘for appreciation’).