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Lot 938 Dα

A lacquered games box

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 16:00 - Decorative Arts Furniture
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Bid

A lacquered games box

With chamferred edges and domed slip lid. Containing four boxes in the corners and two further boxes in the centre, a small tray with a jack of diamonds and one with a king of diamonds. Labelled on the base "Schloß Neues Palais Zimmer No. 353 Lfde. No. 19". At least two boxes and some card trays missing, chips to some of the edges, some cracks. H 10.4, W 36.3, D 29.3 cm.
Kanton, early 19th C.

Literature

Cf. Howard, A Tale of Three Cities. Kanton, Shanghai & Hong Kong.Three Centuries of Sino-British Trade in the Decorative Arts, Hong Kong-London 1997, no. 245.