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A SPINACH-GREEN AND WHITE JADE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
18TH-19TH CENTURY
清十八/十九世紀 碧玉嵌白玉雲龍戲珠紋圓蓋盒
The cover is inset with a carved and pierced plaque with a dragon chasing a faming pearl amongst clouds.
The sides of the cover and box are carved in relief with archaistic stylised taotie masks. The base has
an incised Qianlong yu wan four-character mark highlighted in gilt, which may be translated as ‘for the
Imperial enjoyment of the Qianlong Emperor’.
7 in. (17.9 cm.) diam.
£50,000-80,000 $77,000-120,000
€69,000-110,000
Compare the present lot to a similar jade box and cover in the collection of the Palace Museum in
Beijing, illustrated by Li Jiufang, Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji - 6 - Qing, Hebei, 1991, pp.. 68 & 283, no. 104.
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