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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
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A pale green jade ‘magpie’ box and cover
18th century
The pale flecked stone of greyish tone and formed as a magpie Compare a related pale green jade ‘quail’ box and cover, Qing
with a sharp beak and long feathered tail, the rounded wings Dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The
forming the edge of the cover and fitting snugly over the box rim Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -
carved with finely detailed claws. Jadeware II, Beijing, 2008, pl.195. See also a related pair of white
17.7cm (7in) long (2). and russet jade inlaid with stones, illustrated in The Complete
£4,000 - 6,000 Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware III,
HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY39,000 - 59,000 Hong Kong, 1995, pl.183.
A related white jade and hardstone inset ‘magpie’ box and cover,
十八世紀 青玉雕梅鵲式蓋盒 Qianlong, was sold in these rooms, 13 May 2010, lot 13.
Provenance: an English private collection
來源：英國私人收藏
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