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    Posted 6 years ago

    truthordare
    (369 items)

    Love old boxes and this one was a gift from a young family with a few other pieces they allowed me to have. Their French grandfather was a collector and a Paris flea market shopper.

    His estate people filled several boxes with his treasures, the younger generation had no idea what they had, and I helped identify a dining room table full of pieces, with the more valuable picked and photographed with their maker's marks.

    As you can see it is gilded copper metal, very worn, with another layer of decorative filigree with applied decoration made with wire and enamel. The center of the lid has the Yin-Yan symbol.

    About 4 inches wide and 1.5 inch high. Not marked.

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    Comments

    1. Newfld Newfld, 6 years ago
      Beautiful filigree box, love the horse and yin-yang on lid
    2. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 6 years ago
      that's a beauty!
    3. truthordare truthordare, 6 years ago
      Thank you Jenni, for your lovely comments, much appreciated.

      Thank you for all the loves CW members, greatly appreciated. Always.
    4. Mrstyndall Mrstyndall, 6 years ago
      Very pretty box!
    5. apostata apostata, 4 years ago
      actually you are sitting on gold here
    6. apostata apostata, 4 years ago
      bought the belkhodja collection and some of my pieces are similar and appraised by

      Mohamed Khelifa

      and the value surprised me actually
    7. apostata apostata, 4 years ago
      i forgot , in case you don,t know this is real qianlong
    8. truthordare truthordare, 4 years ago
      Thank you apostata, it was bought by a Chinese collector of good repute years ago.
    9. apostata apostata, 4 years ago
      i am ABSOLUTELY sure about this, i thought i have to grown up , stop the beef and do your work, before you are gone
    10. apostata apostata, 4 years ago
      i will run the mayors ( Beijing Poly and Sotesby,s ), promised but not now , because got tremor from the seizures and i am on sensory deprivation
    11. truthordare truthordare, 4 years ago
      apostata,
      My reply meant I believe you and I agree with you. I felt it was special too when I got it, it was very tarnished, so I cleaned it up on the top which is silver filigree. Take care.
    12. apostata apostata, 4 years ago
      entry 361
      A LOBED CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOX AND COVER
      QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

      sotheby,s

      i knew it was a nobrainer , but i am getting old, hahaha

    13. truthordare truthordare, 4 years ago
      Wow, that is older than I thought. getting old too....

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