TEN CHINESE AND JAPANESE SMALL CLOISONNE BOXES AND COVERS, L...

Hammer

£160

TEN CHINESE AND JAPANESE SMALL CLOISONNE BOXES AND COVERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Including: a larger egg-shaped turquoise ground example decorated with floral mons 12cm long, a cylindrical example decorated with fans and mons on a dark red ground, a lobed circular black ground box and cover with scrolling lotus, two similar cylindrical blue-ground pots and covers with lotus and flowers on a fret-pattern ground, a hexagonal section blue-ground example with dragons and phoenix in panels of clouds, three circular boxes with domed covers, one with a Shou symbol and a miniature blue-ground hexagonal box and cover (10)

Provenance: Property of a Sussex gentleman

Condition: The egg-shaped example in good order, with some minute losses to enamel and typical wear. The small cylindrical example with fans and mons, with chipping and losses to enamel at rims and further smaller losses and wear. Black ground circular box with domed lid - with small chip to enamels to interior. One of the small blue-ground pots and covers with fret pattern ground with restoration to finial and associated area of cover. Some small losses and chips to enamel. The other similar pot and cover also possibly restored to finial and with chip to the associated area to the underside of the cover. Some wear and minor losses to enamels overall.

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The egg-shaped example in good order, with some minute losses to enamel and typical wear.
The small cylindrical example with fans and mons, with chipping and losses to enamel at rims and further smaller losses and wear.
Black ground circular box with domed lid - with small chip to enamels to interior.
One of the small blue-ground pots and covers with fret pattern ground with restoration to finial and associated area of cover. Some small losses and chips to enamel. The other similar pot and cover also possibly restored to finial and with chip to the associated area to the underside of the cover.
Some wear and minor losses to enamels overall.