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THE PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN COLLECTION
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A HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE ᪺̗㡳 Ⅾἕดഢ㤊⨴♄९⯰↥
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
᫉஋⏁ս⎊ℱ↱Ꮀǯ⸌㬷⊇ℱǮ⇱⇢Ǯ㬪㞖⒢Ǯ┡∵✙㐏ᙠ
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
ူᎰ㬦ⱐ⡠ǯㅳהᐃႛ⠢Ⱞǯݎ،ူ㱈ཨ༿ࣿᆨₕ↱ߴ㩽
The circular box is carved with shallow rounded sides on a flat
ᦷ卿ݻူ։㿱भǯᬘ㖅࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭཌ⎊ℱ㧏ူ᫐᫐
base, fitted with a domed cover inlaid in various hardstones
ჹ໫எൈዪ卿ݯ႙ᯧࣿ⊇ᙠ⯝᫉ࢦߎ⏟㘆卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦
including lapis lazuli, jade, agate, and tourmaline, with a lingzhi
Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕℱ଍卻Ӵ卼Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 卿எ‸ ǯ
in the centre, above the sides carved in low relief with four lotus
sprays divided by plain shaped cartouches. The semi-translucent
stone is of a creamy-white tone with a slight celadon tinge.
3 ¿ in. (9.6 cm.) diam., box
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000
This intricate technique of hardstone-inlay on jade is also
found on a pair of white jade ruyi in the Palace Museum,
Beijing, illustrated in illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware, III, Hong Kong,
1995, no. 30.

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