Casket
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Fish, Iron, Lacquer, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Wood
Measurements
155 mm (H); 230 mm (Length); 132 mm (W)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332030
Summary
A Chinese casket with panels of grey fishskin divided by bands of black lacquer with gold lines and mother-of-pearl inlay and engraved metal lock plate and corner pieces. Metal holding handle on top. Interior lacquered. Slot at top of domed lid, as if for money box.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.