Set of two 800°/°° silver betel boxes with finely openwork p - Lot 63

Set of two 800°/°° silver betel boxes with finely openwork poly-lobed reserves featuring various scholarly objects and auspicious symbols, one adorned with a teapot with cloudy motifs and a calligraphy set revealing two fly-catchers, the second with a perfume burner from which an immortality mushroom (lignzhi) and an Annamite mandarin's sword escape. The third is decorated with a ribboned bell and a rizhome transforming into a dragon, while the fourth features a box with auspicious symbols flanked by a kiem and a lingzhi. The reserves are decorated with tho symbols on a background of Buddhist swastikas. Both complete with finely chased, openwork rosette lids. Swan hallmark on lid rim. Vietnam, Court of Hué, 19th century. Height: 9 and 9.5 cm. Diameter: 10 and 10.5 cm. Weight: 214.6 g and 264.9 g.