CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME-XIXÈME SIÈCLE

Details

TROIS BOÎTES COUVERTES EN JADE BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIÈME-XIXÈME SIÈCLE
Imitant la forme d'un melon, elles sont délicatement sculptées sur leur couvercle d'une tige feuillagée et d'un insecte en vol.
Hauteur : 4,8 cm. (1 7/8 in.), socles en hongmu

Provenance

Acquired by the father of V.W.S. (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s.
The V.W.S. (1918-1974) Collection.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Further details

THREE WHITE JADE MELON-FORM BOXES
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

As showed by the ensemble of fruit-form white jade boxes in the present collection, such boxes appear to have been produced in various shapes in the 18^th century. See finger-citron-form white jade boxes and covers sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2020, lot 632, and in our New York rooms, 14 – 17 September 2017, lot 1023. A pomegranate-form box was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3274. See a double-gourd-form white jade box sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2009, lot 1716.

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