Antique Chinese Export Lacquer Work Sewing Box, Circa 1830 Redo where he studied architecture

where he studied architecture

including the private collection of Bill and Melinda Gates

37" tall X 12

5" wide X 15

1989: Third Prize

Antique Chinese Export Lacquer Work Sewing Box, Circa 1830 Redo where he studied architectureAntique Chinese Export Lacquer Work Sewing Box, Circa 1820. The box having a hinged lid and sumptuously decorated with a gilded design of Imperial children playing in a bucolic landscape, with corresponding designs around the sides also. The box having a fitted interior with the original ivory bone sewing accoutrements, a single drawer below with a writing slope. The box of sarcophagus shape and resting on gilded lion's paw feet. The gilding is in