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Canton enamel shell-shaped box and cover.
Qianlong period (1735-96).
Decorated to the lid with forget me nots, peony and yellow iris in delicate enamels.
The inside cover with a trailing gourd amongst flowers, seed pods and flying insects.
Diameter: 7.5cm. (3 in.).
Condition: Some restoration.
Shells have appeared in Chinese culture for centuries, with myths including that of the ‘shen’, a large shellfish that could shapeshift.
However, it is likely that shell motifs and designs were also a popular choice for export items due to their long symbolic ties with both Christian pilgrimage and the feminine principle in classical antiquity.
Dimensions
diameter: 7.5cm. (3 in.)Condition report
Condition: some restorationStock number
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