QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A SMALL JADE-EMBELLISHED ZITAN BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The box and cover are of square section with canted corners. The upper surface of the cover is inlaid with stylised C-scroll medallion carved of white jade surrounded by a spinach-green jade scroll and within a gilt-metal border. The stepped sides are finely beaded and similarly embellished with white jade rectangular plaques, that are repeated on the sides of the box. The box is raised on four bracket feet.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) square, box

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Lot Essay

These type of boxes were most likely for storage of miniature items and placed in treasure boxes. A three-tiered box of this canted corner design but embellished with bamboo veneer is in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2001, p. 74, no. 67.

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