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A rare Meissen blue-ground chinoiserie snuff box, 18th century with silver-gilt mounts, the exterior painted with four quatrefoil gilt-edged reserves depicting Chinese children playing in garden settings, the interior of the domed lid similarly decorated with a female figure playing with children by a verandah, the base interior gilt, 8 x 6.5cm [minor wear to ground colour on edge of base]. Provenance: By family repute Lady Beaverbrook [1909-1994]. Cf. Barbara Beauchamp-Markowsky 'Collection of 18th Century Porcelain Boxes' [on loan to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1988] p.28 pl.9 for a related red-ground chinoiserie box; and Bonhams 'The Helmut Joseph Collection of Porcelain Snuff Boxes' Tuesday 5th July 2011 lot 4.
Estimate:£5,000
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