A CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE FOUR TIER HEXAGONAL BOX 17TH/18TH... Lot 445

A CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE FOUR TIER HEXAGONAL BOX 17TH/18TH CENTURY The foliate body decorated with black lacquer and finely inlaid with mother of pearl with figures in a garden by a pavilion and a weeping willow to the cover enclosed within a diaper border^ the sides with quatrefoil panels containing figures^ birds and other animals against a cash-ground^ the foot with a band of lappets^ a seal mark inlaid to the underside^ 23cm. (5) Provenance: a Hong Kong private collection^ previously in an American private collection^ Pittsburgh^ purchased from Freeman~s Philadelphia^ 16th September 2008^ lot 221.