Box lid
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
enamel & brass
Measurements
35 mm (Height); 90 mm (Diameter)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107618.5.2
Summary
A lid for a Cantonese enamel box. It has a foliated shape with a raised central disc. The sides have been decorated with a yellow ground with swirling flower motif in green with blue and pink flowers; this imitates famille rose porcelain. The disc depicts a domestic scene of a woman standing and talking to two gentlemen. '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.