A Fine Famille Rose Snuff Box

Delicately painted with a lady with her hand on her cheek

The inside of the lid with a cockerel defending a hen and chicks from a hawk

The sides with european style flowers

Silver mounts

Qianlong C1736/96

Length: 3″ (7.6 cm)

Condition: small chip filled in two corners

Jorge Welsh illustrates a similar snuff box which is basket weave moulded

In ‘Out of the Ordinary’ no. 87