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Mottahedeh Tobacco Leaf Pomegranite Lidded Box with Stand

$ 382.8

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Pristine condition.
  • Object Type: Lidded Box
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
  • Brand: Mottahedeh
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Model: Tobacco Leaf
  • Style: Chinese Export

    Description

    MOTTAHEDEH
    Metropolitan Museum of Art Reproduction
    TOBACCO LEAF PATTERN
    Pomegranite Lidded Box with Stand
    We offer a vintage Mottahedeh lidded pomegranite box with stand in the Tobacco Leaf pattern.
    The total height is 5 1/4" and the stand measures 10" in diameter. Excellent vintage condition with no chips, cracks, breaks or repairs.
    Tobacco Leaf was a Chinese Export pattern was developed circa 1780. The design shows the leaves of the flowering Nicotiana (Tobacco) plant upon which a small phoenix perches bearing a flowering twig in its beak. This exact reproduction requires twenty-eight colors including 22K gold and five firings to manufacture. Tobacco Leaf is
    handmade porcelain from Portugal
    and is an authorized reproduction for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.