A fine 20th-century Chinese casket in the form of a temple with a removable silver-gilt wirework and enamel canopy hung with turquoise beads, above a red jade cylindrical body on a hexagonal silver-gilt base with fret cut fencing and coral red enamel columns at each corner.
China, circa 1960
Height: 18 cms (7.1 ins)
Diameter: 12 cms (4.7 ins)
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