Pair of Covered Boxes
1690-1691
Artists
Description
Square straight-sided form with canted corners, the sides flat-chased with Chinoiserie exotic birds and foliage; the removabel covers with reeded borders, chased with entwined dolphins above a fountain enclosed by exotic foliage.
Dimensions
1949.114.87.1: 6.7 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm (2 5/8 × 5 × 5 in.) 1949.114.87.2: 6.7 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm (2 5/8 × 5 × 5 in.) 789 g
Provenance
Archibald Alexander Hutchinson, New York, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1949.
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