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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A GOLD AND HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED BOX 清十八/十九世紀
金嵌寶鏤雕纏枝花卉紋八方蓋盒
AND COVER
款識：「泰興樓」, 「足紋」
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
展覽
Of octagonal shape, the sides of the box are decorated with 國立歷史博物館，《瀚海藏珍：中華文物會30週年紀念展》，
eight square panels, each pierced in openwork with flowers and 台北，2009年2月13日-3月8日，86頁
scrolling foliage, enclosed within a border inlaid with semi-
precious stones, including rose quartz and sapphire. The cover 清宮舊藏一件與本拍品幾乎相同的金嵌寶石八角盒，著錄於
is similarly decorated and further attached to the centre with a 2004年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《宮廷珍寶》，圖
tourmaline carving of a floral blossom forming the knob, encircled 版193號（圖一）。
by jadeite leaf petals.
6 º in. (16 cm.) wide

HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000

EXHIBITED

National Museum of History, Taipei, Treasures of the
Chinese Culture and Fine Arts Association: the 30th Anniversary
Exhibition,Taipei, 13 February to 8 March 2009, p. 86

An almost identical gemstone-inlaid gold box is in the Qing Court
Collection, illustrated in Treasures of Imperial Court, The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2004,

pl. 193 (fig. 1).

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing

（圖一）北京故宮博物院藏品

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