6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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◉ A CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER GAMES BOX AND HINGED COVER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
of rectangular form with canted corners and set with a pair of bronze handles to either end, the top and sides decorated in gilt with a landscape scene enclosing figures, pavilions and pagodas, the interior fitted with two compartments with similarly decorated covers, and with three trays, all above a shallow drawer and supported on four lion paw feet, a quantity of mother-of-pearl counters, 37cm wide
Provenance: Acquired from Lawrences Auctioneers, 19th October, 1999, lot 1678.
Ivory license ABTNG2ZZ
一件外销漆制游戏盒及活盖，清代十九世纪
of rectangular form with canted corners and set with a pair of bronze handles to either end, the top and sides decorated in gilt with a landscape scene enclosing figures, pavilions and pagodas, the interior fitted with two compartments with similarly decorated covers, and with three trays, all above a shallow drawer and supported on four lion paw feet, a quantity of mother-of-pearl counters, 37cm wide
Provenance: Acquired from Lawrences Auctioneers, 19th October, 1999, lot 1678.
Ivory license ABTNG2ZZ
Auction: Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026, 6th May, 2026
Highlights of Olympia Auctions' Chinese and Japanese works of art sale include an Imperially inscribed jade mountain from an Italian Noble family, a superb cloisonne enamel 'Egret' vase by the studio of Namikawa Sosuke from the property of an English Gentleman and a private Scottish Collection of Chinese works of art including bamboo carvings and jades. Other British private collections include Chinese snuff bottles predominantly collected in the first half of the 20th Century, and a collection of Japanese Satsuma ceramics including a large and impressive koro and cover.
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