LOT 623 A LARGE CANTON ENAMEL LOBED SWEETMEAT BOX AND COVER
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A LARGE CANTON ENAMEL LOBED SWEETMEAT BOX AND COVER, China, Qianlong period - Cf. a very similar example is in the Palace Museum Collection Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Meishu Fenlei Quanji: Zhongguo Jiyin Boli Falangqi Quanji, Vol. 6, p.140, no. 215 - The combination of butterflies and gourds is a pun on the wish for progeny, the Chinese words for gourds, gua and butterflies 'die', being hononyms for part of the phrase Guadie mianmian 'May there be ceaseless generations of sons and grandsons' - Provenance: Former old German private collection, assembled prior to 1990 - With wood stand - Slightly chipped
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