CHINA Hexagonal perfume burner in the form of... Lot 85

CHINA Hexagonal perfume burner in the form of a basket with a silver handle enriched with enamelled silver plates. Beautiful applied decoration of sinister landscapes with pagodas, temples and characters in animated scenes. Weight : 115 gr. Height : 9 cm Late 18th / first quarter of the 19th century. (History : This style of goldsmith's work can be found on clocks or chests made for the Summer Palace (see some pieces in the collections of the Hermitage Palace in Saint Petersburg published in the catalogue " Treasures of Catherine the Great ", catalogue n° 364. Somerset House London 2001).