A yellow jade 'bird and flowers' pomander and cover, Ming dynasty | 明 黃玉花鳥紋荷包式香盒
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October 9, 07:30 AM GMT
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50,000 - 70,000 HKD
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A yellow jade 'bird and flowers' pomander and cover,
Ming dynasty
明 黃玉花鳥紋荷包式香盒
fashioned in the form of a silk purse with gathered pleats, carved in low relief on one side with a bird in a lotus pond, the other side adorned with sprigs of aster flowers, the neck set with two small apertures for attachment, the smoothly polished stone of a yellowish-celadon tone with russet patches and white inclusions
4.8 by 7cm
Chung Wah Pui, Hong Kong, 6th April 1993.
鍾華培，香港，1993年4月6日
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995 and 2002-15.
大英博物館，倫敦，借展，1995及2002-15年
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 25:33.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版25:33