Description With a lid depicting scenes of the palace and a sampan boat carrying figures. Featuring a geometrical and floral design on the lid and on both sides. Ca. Qing Dynasty, 19th. Century. Size: 5 1/4 X 4 X h 3 1/2 in. Provenance: Collection of Edward Hyers Clayton (1886-1946). American writer and missioner. E.H. Clayton and his wife were missionaries of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in charge of Wayland Academy, a missionary school in Hangzhou, China from 1912 to 1942. E.H. Clayton wrote a book Heaven Below based on his living experience in China.
Condition Report Good Condition