Provenance: The Sze Yuan Tang Collection

Note: The present box and cover is exceptionally rare. Compare, however, a closely related jade box and cover, Western Han dynasty, excavated in Beishantou, Chaohu, Anhui Province, in the Chaohu Municipal Museum, similarly carved with a central medallion, but with the external border carved with C-scrolls, illustrated by Gu Fang in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol.6, Beijing, 2010, p.104; see also a related rock crystal box and cover, Han dynasty, illustrated by Littleton and Hennessy Ltd., The Art of Scent, London, November 2010, no.1.

Jade box and cover, Western Han dynasty, excavated in Beishantou, Chaohu, Anhui Province, in the Chaohu Municipal Museum. Image after Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol.6, Beijing, p.104.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 28 Nov 2017, 14:00 HKT, HONG KONG, ADMIRALTY