A celadon jade box and cover, Ming dynasty - Sothebys

of rectangular form with canted corners, the top of the cover carved with a quatrefoil cartouche enclosing a pair of birds amongst floral branches in a landscape, all reserved on a diaper ground, the curved sides of the cover and the box decorated with lingzhi, encircled by keyfret bands at the rims, the stone of a celadon tone mottled with black inclusions. Quantité: 2 - 9.8cm., 3 7/8 in. Estimation: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: Marchant, London.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 15 mai 2013 www.sothebys.com