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Very Unusual Cloisonne Lidded Box - Chinese browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese:Enamel: Pre 1960: Item # 44085
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book $175.00 |
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| This very small cloisonne lidded box is totally unusual. Starting at the top, it is fully enameled all the way around the top, sides, bottom and inside. There is a hinged lid. The top is decorated with a weird demon face - much like those masks seen in Chinese Opera - for that reason I am attributing the piece to Chinese origin - even though it does have the gin bari technique used by the Japanese cloisonne makers. On the bottom is a series of Oriental characters which a kind friend has traslated for us - "The Chinese characters at the bottom reads: Chinese opera facial painting of Chang Fei (a famous general during the Three Kingdom period of Chinese history).Strangely, there is a number 5 on the inside of the lid. Along the slanted sides are stylized dragons on an archaic design. The box measures 2 1/16" long x 1 1/2" wide x 1/2" deep. The box is in perfect condition - probably dates from sometime between 1900 - 1950. | ||||||||||
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