A SMALL WHITE JADE 'LOTUS' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of circular form supported on a short square-cut foot, the cover carved in low relief with a medallion enclosing two blossoms borne on a curling foliate stem issuing furled leaves, the fitted lower section plain, the lustrously polished stone of an even color with cloudy white inclusions (2)

Compare slightly larger Qianlong period examples of this type, one carved with a peach spray, sold in our London rooms, 6th June 1988, lot 12, and again in our Hong Kong rooms, 18th May 1989, lot 795; another decorated with birds and pomegranate tree, sold at Christie's New York, 27th November 1991, lot 191, and again at Christie's Hong Kong, 23rd March 1993, lot 963; the third a pair, formerly in the Songzhutang Collection, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2013, lot 3044.