清十八世紀 銅胎畫琺瑯花卉紋提籃

the oval base painted to the interior with a spray of peony, prunus, magnolia and finger citron, below the sloping sides, pierced with a design of interlinking circles centred with prunus, the exterior base with a similar, smaller spray

This is in good condition, but does have a small repair to the enamel to the rim at 9 o'clock and a star crack to the enamel to the interior base (4cm by 2.5cm). There is a also a small area 1.3cm long area of metal rim that has been repaired at 6 o'clock. There are some other cracks to the exterior base and some other minor cracks to the enamel to the pierced sides.
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