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A PAIR OF LARGE JADE-INSET CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CIRCULAR BOXES AND COVERS
Each cover has a central white jade fu character surrounded by four pale greenish-white jade butterfly plaques reserved on a yellow ground, within a border of white jade bats, all encircled by three rows of stylized shou characters on a turquoise-blue ground within an outer border of lotus sprays alternating with red bats. The exterior sides of the box and cover are decorated with shaped landscape panels on a turquoise-blue, wan diaper ground. The interiors of the boxes and covers are decorated with a central shou medallion encircled by the wufu suspending double peaches and an outer field of lotus scroll, all on a yellow ground, and the sides are decorated with lotus scroll on a turquoise ground. Each box is raised on a low foot decorated with a band of key fret, and the base is decorated with gilt-wire scroll on a turquoise ground.
23 ¾ in. (60.3 cm.) diam., hongmu stands
Each cover has a central white jade fu character surrounded by four pale greenish-white jade butterfly plaques reserved on a yellow ground, within a border of white jade bats, all encircled by three rows of stylized shou characters on a turquoise-blue ground within an outer border of lotus sprays alternating with red bats. The exterior sides of the box and cover are decorated with shaped landscape panels on a turquoise-blue, wan diaper ground. The interiors of the boxes and covers are decorated with a central shou medallion encircled by the wufu suspending double peaches and an outer field of lotus scroll, all on a yellow ground, and the sides are decorated with lotus scroll on a turquoise ground. Each box is raised on a low foot decorated with a band of key fret, and the base is decorated with gilt-wire scroll on a turquoise ground.
23 ¾ in. (60.3 cm.) diam., hongmu stands
Special notice
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