EMBROIDERED SILK WEDDING SHAWL IN LACQUER PRESENTATION BOX
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
£425
Description
the hinged box lacquered in black, red and gilt with scenes of Chinese life, opening to reveal an inner paper box with brightly painted cover showing Mandarin officials and wives in a garden setting, their faces inlaid in ivory, the fringed shawl stitched with peony and other flowers
Dimensions
shawl 240cm long, box 62.3cm wide