Vintage Lacquer Box with an inset ceramic Shard, probably Persian C20th

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Vintage Lacquer Box with an inset ceramic Shard, probably Persian C20th

A lacquer box of rounded square form with a concave, pillow form cover inset with a blue and white ceramic shard. The box is decorated with stylised scrolling foliage on a dark red ground and the ceramic fragment with a design of lotus flowers and clouds. The box was clearly designed to fit the shape of the shard which presumably derives from a vase of some form. Similar boxes are usually described as Chinese with inserts that are obviously Chinese as well, but the lacquer work on these looks more to be Persian and here, the ceramic fragment definitely has a Persian rather than Chinese style of decoration, suggesting that in this case, at least, both the box and its insert are, in fact, Persian. This was an ingenious way of recycling broken pieces of porcelain and these boxes seem to have been made as tourist souvenirs. Despite the aged appearance, dating is probably to the early to mid twentieth century.
Size: 9 x 9 x 6 cm
Weight: 225 grams
Date: C20th
Condition: Minor chipping to the box edges (see images)
Estimate: £20 – 30

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