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BOITE COUVERTE EN JADE JAUNE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
De forme circulaire, le couvercle est délicatement sculpté de fruits de litchi
émergeant des feuillages luxuriants.
Diamètre: 6 cm. (2¡ in.)
€6,000-8,000 US$7,200-9,500
£5,500-7,300
Comparable jade ‘lychee’ boxes and covers of similar form and decoration,
but without Zigang marks, include one in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
illustrated in Chinese Jades, London, 2004, p. 62, fig. 66; and another
illustrated by James Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, New York, 1980,
p 139, fig. 115.
See a closely related white jade 'lychee' box and cover, from the same period,
sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2016, lot 3446.
A YELLOW JADE 'LYCHEE' BOX AND COVER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
清十七/十八世紀 黃玉荔枝紋蓋盒