COVERED SOAP BOX made of porcelain, cobalt blue, polychrome enamels from the pink family and gilding highlights, rectangular in shape, the inside with a draining board, decorated with "pseudo tobacco leaves" in flower frames, the bottom left in biscuit. China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th centuries. A PSEUDO TOBACCO LEAF SOAP BOX AND COVER,CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY. HEIGHT 7 CM (2 3/4 IN.) - LENGTH 15.5 CM (6 1/8 IN.
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Soap boxes, decorated with so-called "pseudo tobacco leaves", are rare on the market. Our copy is to be compared to a pair presented for sale by Hindman, Chicago, on October 15, 2019, under number 847.