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QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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A WHITE JADE INSCRIBED BAMBOO-FORM BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The box is finely carved in the shape of a bamboo root, the surface in relief with further bamboo branches bearing leaves, beside an incised poetic inscription followed by a Yongzheng guichou cyclical date and a seal reading Xueshu caotang ‘Thatched hall of learning’. The cover is similarly carved of conforming shape and design.
4.½ in. (11.3 cm.) long, box
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The box is finely carved in the shape of a bamboo root, the surface in relief with further bamboo branches bearing leaves, beside an incised poetic inscription followed by a Yongzheng guichou cyclical date and a seal reading Xueshu caotang ‘Thatched hall of learning’. The cover is similarly carved of conforming shape and design.
4.½ in. (11.3 cm.) long, box
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