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A PALE CELADON JADE ‘MAGPIE’ BOX AND COVER Jade boxes carved in the form of animals and birds such as the
18th/19th century present lot were used to store miniature works of art and were kept
Naturalistically and skilfully modelled in the form of a recumbent on tables or cabinets, where they could also be appreciated as works
magpie, with its legs tucked beneath its body, head facing forward of art for scholars’ studios. See a closely related pale green jade
and wings neatly clipped back, the plumage finely incised with its ‘magpies’ group, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court collection, illustrated
wings and tail feather, the box with a high oval inner lip, the stone of in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
pale green tone with natural ‘snowflake’ veins and inclusions, stand. Jadeware (II), Shanghai, 2008, no. 153; and another related pale green
17.8cm (7in) wide. (3). jade box and cover in the form of a quail, illustrated in ibid., no.195.

HKD100,000 - 200,000 此式以動物為形的玉雕蓋盒設計巧思，一般作為陳設書房或供案的
US$13,000 - 26,000 文房雅玩之器。北京故宮博物院藏一件清代青玉雙雀衘竹玉雕，見
《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：玉器（下）》，上海，2008年，編號153
十八/十九世紀 青白玉梅雀蓋盒 。另見清宮舊藏一件青玉鴛鴦蓋盒，與本拍品設計靈感類似，見同著
錄，編號195。
Provenance:
An English private collection, London
Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2015, lot 322
A distinguished Asian private collection

來源：
英國倫敦私人舊藏
倫敦蘇富比，2015年6月13日，拍品編號322
亞洲顯赫私人收藏

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