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Chinese Art
Lot 188

A pair of enamel spitoons and covers
18th century

21 March 2018, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

£3,000 - £5,000

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A pair of enamel spitoons and covers

18th century
Each delicately painted in pastel hues of pink, yellow and green, the concave covers with plantain leaf lappets surrounding the central apertures, the sides decorated with panels enclosing various flowers, the boxes similarly decorated and all reserved against a diaper ground, the bases enamelled white with archaistic scrolling dragons in blue.
Each 9.5cm diameter (4).

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