A Chinese jade peach-shaped box and cover 18th century

£1,000 - £2,000 £5,000

A Chinese jade peach-shaped box and cover 18th century, carved from a single piece of stone and divided into two halves, joined by a loose ring handle, the surface carved in relief with small peaches, blossoms and five bats, chip to the inner flange, 17.5cm. Cf. M Wilson, Chinese Jades, p. 56, for a white jade peach box in the Victoria and Albert Museum.