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PROPERTY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE PLAQUE-MOUNTED SILVER RUYI-FORM BOX
JADE PLAQUE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY; SILVER BOX, CLAUDE GENTIL, CIRCA 1870-80
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE PLAQUE-MOUNTED SILVER RUYI-FORM BOX
JADE PLAQUE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY; SILVER BOX, CLAUDE GENTIL, CIRCA 1870-80
The cover is inset with a white jade ruyi-shaped plaque carved with two figures poling a log boat in a river landscape, with a pine tree in the foreground and a pavilion in the distance. The French silver box is decorated in Japanism style with various scenes, and the bottom is engraved with an exotic, long-tailed bird swooping amidst bamboo and grasses. The box is stamped with a diamond-shaped marker's mark, C.G. separated by a parrot on a perch, and is inscribed with the retailer's mark, MARQUET, PARIS-NICE.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) wide
JADE PLAQUE, 18TH-19TH CENTURY; SILVER BOX, CLAUDE GENTIL, CIRCA 1870-80
The cover is inset with a white jade ruyi-shaped plaque carved with two figures poling a log boat in a river landscape, with a pine tree in the foreground and a pavilion in the distance. The French silver box is decorated in Japanism style with various scenes, and the bottom is engraved with an exotic, long-tailed bird swooping amidst bamboo and grasses. The box is stamped with a diamond-shaped marker's mark, C.G. separated by a parrot on a perch, and is inscribed with the retailer's mark, MARQUET, PARIS-NICE.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) wide
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Nick Wilson
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