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Exquisitely carved with a geometric petal motif inspired by 此碧玉方蓋盒，以幾何花瓣為主飾，沿襲秦漢古風，又鐫「
designs from the Qin (221-206 BC) and Han (206 BC-AD 220) 乾隆年製」款，甚為罕見。可比較紋飾相近但無年款之方
dynasties, spinach-green jade boxes of this type and with 盒，一例先後售於倫敦佳士得1969年11月3日，編號158和巴
Qianlong marks and of the period are unusual. Compare a box 黎蘇富比2017年6月22日，編號5。另見一白玉圓盒，斷代嘉
carved with a related motif but lacking the reign mark, sold 靖，售於倫敦蘇富比1974年6月27日，編號49。
at Christie’s London, 3rd November 1969, lot 158, and again
in our Paris rooms, 22nd June 2017, lot 5; and a white jade 本盒或受西漢四瓣花式玉盤啓思，見廣東省象崗山南越王墓
example of circular form, but attributed to the Jiaqing period
例，出土時並配玉杯與青銅架，圖載於林業強，《南越王墓
(1796-1820), sold in our London rooms, 27th June 1974, lot
玉器》，廣州，1991年，圖版127-129。
49.
For the prototype of this design see a quatrefoil jade disc
together with a jade tubular cup and a bronze stand,
recovered together from the tomb of the King of Nanyue
at Xianggangshan, Guangdong province, and illustrated in
Peter Y.K. Lam, Jades from the Tomb of the King of Nanyue,
Guangzhou, 1991, pls 127-129.