Asian Art I - 15th November 2016
Lot 10
A FINE SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE SHUANG LIAN BOX AND COVER 18TH CENTURY With two conjoined ovoid...
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £15000
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A FINE SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE SHUANG LIAN BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
With two conjoined ovoid compartments, the cover mirroring this design, carved in shallow relief with a pair of interlocking circular rings, each containing a bat in flight, the stone an even tone with russet mottling to the cover, 5.5cm. (2)
Provenance: Lt. Col. Edmund Whitehead (1870-1945), an interpreter for the British Army who served in Beijing c.1890, and thence by descent.