
518
"Boot" Box
Estimate €300–500
517
Estimate €800–1.500
In export porcelain.
Polychrome and gilt decoration with Famille Rose enamels depicting a landscape with cockerels on a rock and peonies.
China, Yongzheng reign (1722–1735).
(chips to the rim)
H.: 24cm
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