| 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 Portugaland is an authorized reproduction for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
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