Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear antique Chinese hairpin Box measures 3 5/8" x

Box measures 3 5/8" x 2 3/8" x 1"

but I think it is perfect just by itself

though it is difficult to read the writing

as well as a hairline crack on the interior near one of the hinges and overall wear/aging to the interior bottom half

Excellent Early Stone Fruit Pear antique Chinese hairpin Box measures 3 5/8" xAs you know if you follow, I've become quite smitten with stone fruit, and am on an ongoing quest to pluck the very best pieces I come across. This pear is absolutely as lovely as they come, the most delicate, pale shade of pear yellow, with tiny spots of brown to perfectly portray the skin and subtle darkening here and there to suggest bruises. In addition there are a few dark veins in the marble that lend a sense of depth to the color, plus one very