Lot 185

LARGE CHINESE WHITE JADE 'BIRD AND FLOWER' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Fine Asian Works of Art

Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT

Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000

Description

清白玉雕喜上眉梢紋大蓋盒

of circular form supported on short foot ring, the dome cover incised in cartouche with one bird in flight, whilst the other bird perching on a tree brunch with blossoming prunus, the stone of even white tone

Dimensions

11cm wide

Provenance

Private collection, England

英格蘭私人收藏

Footnote

Compare to a slightly smaller (6.8cm diameter) white jade circular box with flower decoration on the cover in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no. Gu Yu故玉000122N. Also see a white jade ‘shou and bat’ circular box, slightly smaller in size (10cm diameter), sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 12 Dec 2024, lot 1695.

參考一件略小（直徑6.8公分）白玉圓盒，蓋面飾花卉紋，現藏於台北國立故宮博物院，館藏號：故玉000122N。另見一件白玉「壽與蝙蝠」圓盒，尺寸略小（直徑10公分），2024年12月12日在香港佳士得拍賣，拍品1695。