A CHINESE LAQUE BURGAUTE FOUR TIER HEXAGONAL BOX17TH/18TH CENTURYThe 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.