A RARE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE WRIST REST MOUNTED IN A WOOD BOX

THE JADE MING/QING DYNASTY, THE BOX LATER

The hinged cover of the rectangular box inset with the jade wrist rest, the jade formed as a partially opened scroll, decorated with sinuous chilong amidst swirling designs, the reverse of the wrist rest with a poem about the Emperor, the exterior of the box decorated with crushed eggshell, the base of the box with a mark in inlaid wire which reads jing xing zhai, the jade 15.8cm, the box 5cm x 21.2cm x 12.1cm.

Provenance: formerly a private collection, London, formed c.1959-1963. This lot was purchased from Chuen Koo Chai Dealers in Chinese Arts & Curios, Hong Kong, on 27th May 1959. A copy of the invoice is available. Lots 79-84 and 692-694 are all from the same collection.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, p.183, no.167 for a comparable wrist rest.