Small Two-Handled Box and Cover, bottom gold lacquered with a black lacquer interior, top pierced and engraved silver with a bird and foliage pattern inset with semi-precious stones and pastes, lg. 2 in. Provenance: Deaccessioned by the Museum of Fine Arts to benefit the new acquisition fund.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-04-14
Small Celadon-glazed Earthenware Box and Cover, China, Tang dynasty style, slightly compressed globular form with short concave shoulder, the petaled cover with bisque interior, ht. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-09-11
Small Celadon-glazed Drum-shape Box and Cover, China, Ming dynasty style, resting on three stylized animal head feet, decorated with two bands of nipple bosses, an Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-03-22
Pietra Dura Mounted Box and Cover, Italy, late 19th century, rectangular form with bird decorated plaque inset into a hardwood box, approx. plaque size 5 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-04-11
Majolica Jewel Box and Cover, England, c. 1880, attributed to Holdcroft, enameled earthenware of octagonal shape with scalloped ends, dark blue ground with a small Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-04-08
Ivory Box and Cover, Japan, decorated in high relief with workers picking persimmons in a pastoral scene with a small hut, dia. 4 5/8 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-04-10
Carved Tortoiseshell Box and Cover, China, early 19th century, circular, with figural courtyard scene to either side, dia. 3 1/2 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-10-15
Dutch Delft Blue Decorated Box and Cover, Holland, early 19th century, hinged metal frame, floral and foliate borders, the cover with a couple playing shuttlecock Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-04-11
Jade Box and Cover, China, rectangular, the stone of semi-translucent yellow color, with russet markings carved in high relief as two bats biting ruyi -shaped Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-26
Carved Dark Red Cinnabar Lacquered Double-sided Box and Cover, China, possibly Qianlong period, slightly domed shallow bowl-shape, the box with a phoenix amongst peonies in Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-03-22
Blue and White Circular Box and Cover, China, the center of the cover painted with a scene from the "Romance of the West Chamber," the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-12-03
