A CARVED WHITE JADE 'LYCHEE' BOX AND COVER
A CARVED WHITE JADE 'LYCHEE' BOX AND COVER

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A CARVED WHITE JADE 'LYCHEE' BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Both the box and cover are well carved with fruiting branches bearing lychee. The semi-translucent stone is of an even white tone. A signature of Zigang is subtly carved on one of the lychees on the cover.
2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

Comparable jade ‘lychee’ boxes and covers of similar form and decoration, but without Zigang marks, include one in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, illustrated in Chinese Jades, London, 2004, p. 62, fig. 66; and another illustrated by James Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, New York, 1980, p 139, fig. 115.

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