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A pair of Chinese export porcelain turtle-form boxes and covers
Estimate
2.000 - 3.000
Session 2
3 June 2026
Hammer Price
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Chinese export porcelain
Naturalistically modelled, each in the form of a turtle, with raised head and the shell forming the removable cover
With polychrome decoration on biscuit, in dark charcoal-green tone, the head in ivory tone and the underside in orange-brown
Qing dynasty, second half of the 18th century
(one cover with consolidated hairline crack and chip, interior of one box with restoration)
7x24x14 cm
Additional Information
A similar example is in the collection of the Winterthur Museum, reference number 2001.0029.036 A, B.
Literature:
David Howard & John Ayers, "China for the West", vol. II, pp. 606-607.
Global by Design: Chinese Ceramics from the R. Albuquerque Collection; Jorge Welsh (ed.), Denise Patry Leidy (introduction), Maria Antónia Pinto de Matos (catalogue entries), pp. 204–206.
Closed Auction
