A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE BOX AND COVER

A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE BOX AND COVER
QIANLONG 1736-95

The quatrelobed body raised on a short waisted foot, decorated with low-relief borders of stylised lotus, the domed cover centred with a cartouche carved in low relief with a flowering peony, the stone of mottled tone with scattered dark inclusions and occasional lighter natural veins, together with a reticulated wood stand, 9cm. (3)

Provenance: Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire, founder of the firm of Stewart Thompson and Sons (Manchester Cotton Merchants), and thence by descent.

清乾隆 碧玉海棠式花卉紋蓋盒
來源：英國蘇格蘭佩斯郡斯特拉斯加里， Hinton Daniell Stewart（1835-1926）收藏，Hinton是曼徹斯特棉業公司Stewart Thompson的創始人，之後由其後人繼承。