A FINELY CARVED CELADON JADE RETICULATED POMANDER

18TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED CELADON JADE RETICULATED POMANDER
18TH CENTURY
The two circular domed halves intricately carved and pierced with flowering scrolls below a band of interlaced ringlets encircling a central medallion of a lotus blossom and leaves borne on curling stems, the stone of even pale greenish-grey tone
2 7/16 in. (6.1 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

See a very similar pomander illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 100, no. 84, where the author notes that the style of openwork carving is typical of that seen in the Beijing Palace workshops of the 18th century.

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