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A GRAYISH-WHITE JADE RETICULATED MELON-FORM BOX AND COVER
LATE MING DYNASTY
The top well carved in high relief with a fruiting, leafy melon vine reserved against a pierced diaper ground, with a butterfly and insect at the rim, the base carved with further fruit-laden vines issuing from the stem at one end, with opaque white and black inclusions throughout--6 in. (15.3cm.) long, wood stand
LATE MING DYNASTY
The top well carved in high relief with a fruiting, leafy melon vine reserved against a pierced diaper ground, with a butterfly and insect at the rim, the base carved with further fruit-laden vines issuing from the stem at one end, with opaque white and black inclusions throughout--6 in. (15.3cm.) long, wood stand