Vintage Chinese Wong Lee Hand Painted Decorated Lidded Box Brass Decoration

  

Vintage Chinese Wong Lee Hand Painted. Decorated Lidded Box with Brass Decoration 1895.

A lovely heavy lidded box with brass mounted on ball feet handprinted with exotic birds, exotic flowers and gold pattern. Chinese porcelain mark said to be made by the "Wong Lee" (WL) company. Modern Chinese porcelain mark said to be made by the "Wong Lee" (WL) company.

They are not copies of anything, it is just a company in China who is making pieces on the style of Napoleon III. Always with crackled grounds and with bronze (ormulu) fittings.

The date 1895 is unrelated to the date of the piece but is among other things the date of the end of the war between Japan and China. In good vintage condition with crackle glaze. Date stamped on the underneath.