Chinese cloisonne box inlaid with jade plaque, Qing Dynasty, gilt copper alloy rimmed box enamel decorated with ocean waves and flowering vines, the lid inset with a pierced spinach green jade plaque depicting a sampan with rowers and gods above, 2"h x 5"l x 4"w

Provenance: Estate of Louis Beal, NYC

Notes/Literature: Louis Beal was founder of legendary NYC interior architecture firm Interior Space Design (ISD). A student of Walter Gropius, an early employee of Florence Knoll, inductee into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and life trustee of Rhode Island School of Design, Beal's Manhattan apartment was furnished with custom designs and antiques, some used as prototypes for contemporary furniture by design luminaries including close friend John Vesey

Good, enamel intact, scattered spots of light corrosion on enamel surface, jade without damage and with nice transparancy