Khánh silver box with the Emperor's cypher Khải Định. Important silver box with repoussé decoration, the lid adorned with a composition of two dragons facing each other in the clouds around an oval cartouche bearing the characters meaning "Era Khải Định" and signed "Khaidinh" in Latin letters, the sides engraved with a dragon, a phoenix, a lion and a turtle. The inner tray is lined with red velvet in the shape of a Khánh, and the lid is lined with orange silk (a red pearl pendant is attached).
190 x 114 x 43 mm
Provenance: collection of H.I.H. Prince BẢo Long, Binoche sale at Drouot, June 3, 1996, no. 11.
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