A cloisonné enameled lidded box mounted with a reticulated jade plaque


The plaque: Republic period or earlierThe metal box of rounded rectangular silhouette and compressed globular form with fu-lions and ribbon tied brocade balls inlaid in bright colors against a turquoise enamel ground, the center of the lid mounted with a gilded bat in relief above a jade plaque of lock form reticulated with peonies and bat surrounding a shuangxi-character; the interior surfaces of both enameled en suite with the Eight Buddhist Emblems and composite lotus flowers amid leafy tendrils.9in (23cm) long