Lot 542. A jadeite hanging flower basket, Late Qing dynasty-Republic period; 5 1/8in (13cm) high. Estimate: US$10,000 - US$15,000. Sold for US$ 43,825 (€ 38,615) inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2019

Carved with a loose ring at the top of the cusped handle which pivots within the arched handles on flattened basket shape filled with a flowering peony plant, the rim of the basket finished with a row of tiny raised bosses and the opposing walls of the body filled with reserves of composite flowers and leaves in delicate raised relief, the stone showing a range of color from translucent greenish white at the top to brilliant leaf green at the base. 

Provenance: A San Francisco Couple.

Note: For a prototype in white nephrite, see the pair of flower basket pendants dated to the Qianlong or Jiaqing period in James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Japan, 1988, fig. 84, p.102 (2 3/4in (7cm) high).