Sold for $18,750

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Lot Description

A Russet and Celadon Jade 'Peach and Bat' Covered Box

18TH/19TH CENTURY

清十八/十九世紀褐斑青玉雕蝠紋桃形蓋盒
the even colored green stone with russet patches, carved from a single pebble as a large peach borne on an interlocked, twisted, leafy branch connecting the box and cover, one part of the branch continuing on the underside to form the base, the other continuing across the cover with a bat rest atop.

Length 6 1/4 in., 15.88 cm

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Condition Report

Overall fine and stable condition, no visible restoration. A very minor chip and three shallow cracks in the stone on the mouth rim, but they do not affect the overall appearance of the covered box.

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