Box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
brass & enamel
Measurements
40 mm (Height); 100 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire (Accredited Museum)
NT 107618
Summary
A Cantonese enamel box. It has a foliated shape and has been decorated with a yellow ground with swirling flower motif in green with blue and pink flowers; this imitates famille rose porcelain. The interior has a coat of plain white enamel. 'A nest of five Chinese Canton enamel boxes' (Christie's entry)
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000). Gifted to the National Trust in 1987 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.