Round covered candy box in polychrome enamel on copper, China, Canton, 18th century Round and domed at the top, resting on a flared foot, the box contains an inner tray depicting a mallow flower composed of seven small compartments, six of which are shaped like petals surrounding the seventh symbolizing a central pistil. The box is decorated in green, eggplant and gold enamels on a blue background with stylized flower scrolls and four rounded cartouches around the base and on top of the lid containing flowering branches. On the top of the lid, a large stylized radiating flower. A frieze of ruyi heads adorns the edge of the lid and the base. The inside of the box and the underside of the tray are enamelled in pink. A frieze of palmettes surrounds the top of the base and the underside is enameled in white. Height: 16.5 cm; diameter: 26.5 cm Small chip at the foot, wear of the gilded parts, restorations. 十八世纪 - 广作铜胎画珐琅蓝地花卉如意纹攒盒