A CELADON JADE 'QIN' BOX AND COVER
A CELADON JADE 'QIN' BOX AND COVER

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A CELADON JADE 'QIN' BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The box is carved in the shape of a qin with the strings partially visible on the upper surface beneath a cloth incised with roundels of flowers and bats on a key fret ground, and secured with a ribbon. The stone is of an even celadon tone.
6 7/8 in. (17.3 cm.) long
Provenance
With J.J. Lally, New York
Christie's Hong Kong, Important Chinese jades from the personal collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, 28 November 2006, lot 1373
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 164
Exhibited
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

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