Champleve & Engraved Brass Chinese Covered Boxes
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Two Chinese circular covered boxes, late 19th / early 20th century comprising a finely chased and engraved brass box with floral and fish design and inlaid flower spray to the top, and a domed trinket box decorated throughout with champleve polychrome enamels, with conforming cover and finial, height 7 cm, diameter 8 cm, and smaller
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- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins. - Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
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