"China. Box In Ebony And Silver Late Nineteenth Century / Early Twentieth Century"
China. Macassare wooden box alternating dark brown and copper-brown colors, resting on an overflowing box with polylobed outline. The shape of the body is rectangular, curved, with a very slight projection in the center on both sides. On the front, a keyhole encircled with scrolls. The four uprights have slightly projecting rounded sides. The lid is hinged and set, in its upper part, in a silver mount executed in strong relief, guilloche and composed of two parts, one of which is decorated with characters and scenes of rural life and the other with flowering branches. and noble characters and calligraphy. Late 19th century or early 20th century. Length: 18 cm Width: 12.3 cm Height: 8 cm Weight: 986 g Good condition / without the key