A SPINACH-GREEN JADE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

Qianlong

Qianlong
The box with gently rounded sides, set on a crisply carved foot, the rounded cover skillfully carved with a single lotus spray borne on a trailing leafy stem within a raised circular border. 7.1cm (2 3/4in) diam. (2).

清乾隆 碧玉雕花卉紋圓蓋盒

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Circular boxes were ideal containers for seal paste, incense and cosmetic materials. Seal paste containers were a necessary scholarly accoutrements and were made in various materials including jade, ivory, lacquer and porcelain.

Compare with a related green jade box and cover, Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware, vol.3, Hong Kong, 1995, p.84. A related white jade circular box and cover, 18th century, was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 289.

碧玉琢成扁圓形蓋盒，上下微收，圓口環足，子母口。盒蓋圓形開光，內淺浮雕牡丹紋。圓形蓋盒可用於盛放化妝材料或印泥，常見玉制、瓷製、象牙、或漆器等各類材質。

參考清宮舊藏一例碧玉蓋盒，收錄於《故宮博物館藏文物珍品全集：玉器（下）》，香港，1995年，頁84。另見一例白玉圓蓋盒，與本例尺寸相仿，售於倫敦邦瀚斯，2021年5月11日，拍品編號289。