£3,250
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 658
Auction: 5 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
清 白玉雕蟹形印泥盒
the box carved in relief in the form of a lotus leaf with a crab sitting on top as cover, the stone of pure white colour with high degree of translucency
Provenance: Charlotte Hostmann, Hong Kong, 18 November 1959; formerly in a private collection, Switzerland
Published: The Scholar's Desk, Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 2011, no. 46, pl. 96