CHINE Exceptional and rare sloping traveller's... Lot 463

CHINE Exceptional and rare sloping traveller's writing case opening to a drawer in front, the wooden body lacquered with gilded naturalistic motifs on a black background. It is inlaid on all sides with six large plaques painted in enamels on copper, landscape scenes treated in enamels of the pink family with lake and mountain subjects. The open flap reveals five drawers decorated with polychrome enamel plates framed with golden flowers on a black lacquered background. 18th century (wear and tear to the lacquer) L. : 60 cm, h. 40 cm, D. 35 cm