Caption

Basket with a lid; maker, Chinese; 19th century, Canton, China; container; decorated with flowers and ornaments; height 9.8 cm, width 10.5 cm, depth 7.5 cm., An ornate metal container with a rounded body and domed lid sits centered against a plain light gray background; the container features an arched handle attached at each side with decorative panels, and the surface is richly decorated with raised filigree and enamel in shades of blue and green accented by metallic gold and dark silver tones, with floral and scroll motifs covering the body and lid and a small sculpted finial on top, all resting on a short decorative base with small feet.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_267

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Rights managed

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68.7Mb (1.2Mb) / 20.0in x 13.3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Basket lid maker Chinese 19th century Canton China container decorated flowers ornaments height 9.8 cm width 10.5 cm depth 7.5 cm ornate metal container rounded body domed sits centered plain light gray background container features arched handle attached side decorative panels surface richly decorated raised filigree enamel shades blue green accented metallic gold dark silver tones floral scroll motifs covering body small sculpted finial top resting short decorative base small feet.