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○ 4 A CELADON JADE 清十八世紀 青玉透雕纏枝牡丹
RETICULATED ‘PEONY’ BOX
紋蓋盒
AND COVER
來源
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Robert B. Woodward (1840-1915) 收藏
of flattened circular form, the cover delicately carved in 1914年贈予布魯克林博物館，布魯克林 (館藏編
openwork with lush peony blooms borne on leafy stems against 號14.276.1a-b)
an intricate arabesque ground, surrounded by a border of keyfret
and a further band of openwork peony scroll, the box similarly 出版
carved, the stone a cool beige-celadon with streaks of brown and John Getz，《The Woodward Collection of Jades
cream (2) and Other Hard Stones》，紐約，1913年，圖版53
Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Robert B. Woodward (1840-1915).
Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1914 (acc. no.
14.276.1a-b).
LITERATURE
John Getz, The Woodward Collection of Jades and Other Hard
Stones, New York, 1913, pl. 53.
The present box is exceptional for not one, but two layers of
intricate openwork, in the form of lush peony blossom scrolls
on a secondary ground of tight arabesques. Such carving would
have required the utmost skill and patience, to ensure the
harmony and preservation of intertwined branches, stems, and
fine scrolls.
A box and cover of related proportions and design, centering
precious objects surrounded by lotus scroll, sold at Christie’s
New York, 19th September 1996, lot 131. Another, carved with
lotus, was sold in these rooms, 20th October 1988, lot 255.
Compare also two slightly smaller reticulated floral boxes,
illustrated in James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection
of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, pls 86 and 87. A
smaller example with just one blossom on the cover was sold at
Christie’s New York, 25th March 2010, lot 1139.
For a later 19th century example of this peony design without
a pierced center, see one sold in our London rooms, 10th
November 2010, lot 228.
$ 50,000-70,000

The present lot illustrated in
John Getz, The Woodward
Collection of Jades and Other
Hard Stones, New York, 1913.
本拍品著錄於 John Getz，《The
Woodward Collection of Jades
and Other Hard Stones》，紐
約，1913年

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