THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
TWO WHITE JADE BOXES AND COVERS AND A MUGHAL JADE CUP, one box of shallow rectangular shape, carved on the top in shallow relief with archaistic scrolling dragons and around the sides with scrolls, Qianlong four-character seal mark and of the period, 6.4cm. long; the other box carved as two confronted butterflies opening to reveal two oval compartments, 5.7cm. long, 18th Century; the cup of foliate lozenge shape, one angle of the rim with a dragon handle, 8.2cm. wide, 18th Century (3)
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TWO WHITE JADE BOXES AND COVERS AND A MUGHAL JADE CUP, one box of shallow rectangular shape, carved on the top in shallow relief with archaistic scrolling dragons and around the sides with scrolls, Qianlong four-character seal mark and of the period, 6.4cm. long; the other box carved as two confronted butterflies opening to reveal two oval compartments, 5.7cm. long, 18th Century; the cup of foliate lozenge shape, one angle of the rim with a dragon handle, 8.2cm. wide, 18th Century (3)