A spinach-green jade box and cover


Mid-Qing DynastyThe domed cover carved in low-relief with a chi dragon against a brocade ground, the box raised on a straight, shallow foot, the stone of rich spinach-green tone with small blackish inclusions. 6.5cm (2 5/9in) diam.
|清中葉 碧玉螭龍紋蓋盒Compare with a similar chi dragon box illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware, vol.III, Hong Kong, 1995, p.84.See a related box and cover, Qianlong mark and of the period, of similar form but slightly larger, decorated with a shou character on the cover, which was sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2013, lot 1375.