A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE PEACH-SHAPED BOX AND CHAINED COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The globular box elaborately carved in high relief with three bats in flight amidst leafy trees and two carp, each grasping a branch of fruiting peaches and lingzhi in its mouth, emerging from turbulent waves swirling beneath the box, the gnarled peach branch forming a chain-link between the box and the ovoid cover carved with two further bats to complete the wufu, the stone of an even milky-white tone with amber inclusion on the base
4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) across, wood stand
A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE PEACH-SHAPED BOX AND CHAINED COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The globular box elaborately carved in high relief with three bats in flight amidst leafy trees and two carp, each grasping a branch of fruiting peaches and lingzhi in its mouth, emerging from turbulent waves swirling beneath the box, the gnarled peach branch forming a chain-link between the box and the ovoid cover carved with two further bats to complete the wufu, the stone of an even milky-white tone with amber inclusion on the base
4 3/4 in. (12 cm.) across, wood stand
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