6. Cloisonné Pomegranate

A rare cloisonné enamel box in the form of a pomegranate, the ripening fruit revealing the inner pips. The outer skin in a mottled brown with green, blue, and red flowering tendrils supported on a heavy gilt bronze flowering branch. The finial with further substantial gilding.

China, 17th Century.
7.5 cms  

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