A pair of jadeite circular covered boxes with stands

Each of compressed globular form raised on a carefully cut foot ring, the edges of the box and cover finished with a key-fret band and the flat top of each cover centered with a roundel filled with artemisia leaves and a ribbon-tied ruyi scepter, the pale greenish-white matrix suffused with patches of pale lavender and bright emerald green. 5 1/4in (13.5cm) diameter - Sold for $30,000 (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved) 

Provenance: Sotheby's New York sale Oct 19, 1990, lot 311;
Sidney Ashkenazie, San Francisco

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 23 Jun 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco. www.bonhams.com