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THE PROPERTY OF MARCHANT, EST. 1925
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A PAIR OF GREYISH-GREEN JADE RETICULATED It is very unusual to fnd a pair of such boxes, however single boxes can be
CUSHION-FORM BOXES AND COVERS seen in various publications, including J. C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the
FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1989, p. 104, no. 86, and
R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman,
The center of each cover is fnely carved with a leafy, fowering stem Hong Kong, 1996, no. 84. Another white jade openwork box, carved on
bearing two fowers against a pierced, layered ground of scrolling tendrils, both the box and cover with a boy and a deer, was included in the exhibition
all within a band of similar fower scroll on the sides which is repeated on Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, University Museum
the sides of the box above the neatly cut foot ring. The translucent stone and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2008, and was illustrated in
is of even pale greyish-green color.
the Catalogue, p. 124, no. 56.
3√ in. (9.9 cm.) diam.
(2) It is also interesting to note that a related reticulated dark green jade box and
$40,000-60,000 cover carved with fowers can be found as far afeld as Tibet: see A Well-
Selected Collection of Tibetan Cultural Relics, Taiwan, 1998, p. 145, no. 122,
perhaps suggesting that the openwork carving made it suitable for use with
PROVENANCE incense in a temple setting.
Marquis and Marquise de Gamay Collection, Courances, France.
清十八世紀上半葉 灰青玉鏤雕花卉卷草紋蓋盒一對
EXHIBITED
London, Marchant, Ninety Jades for 90 Years, November 2015.
LITERATURE
Marchant, Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, pp. 138-39, no. 75.

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