Price guide to antique Chinese jade boxes. Price guide to antique Chinese jade boxes. Jade is the primary hardstone of Chinese sculpture. For most of China’s history, jade has come in a variety of colors and white “mutton-fat” nephrite was the most highly praised and prized.
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A fine white and russet jade openwork plaque
Ming Dynasty
Exquisitely carved in high relief with a long twisting chilong amidst reticulated leafy floral scrolls issuing two blooming peonies picked out in russet, the stone of even pale white tone with some russet inclusions, the plaque inset on top of the cover of the wood box decorated with silver-wire inlay. 7.5cm (3in) wide.
Sold for £17,500 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2017
A WHITE JADE INSCRIBED OVAL BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The cover is reserved in the centre with an elliptical cartouche enclosing a poetic inscription followed by two seals Qian and Long, encircled by four taotie masks. The shallow box has a short foot of conforming shape. The stone is of a warm white tone with russet streaks and faint mottling.
2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) wide, box.
Sold for
Chinese Gilt-Metal Mounted Jade Embellished Covered Box
19th Century
The square form raised on four bracket feet, each side fitted with plain mottled celadon and gray jade panels, the hinged cover inset with a reticulated celadon jade plaque depicting a butterfly beneath a ‘double happiness’ character and bordered by scrolling vines and archaistic dragon scrolls, the base stamped Edward I. Farmer, New York. Height 1 7/8 inches, width 3 1/4 inches, depth 3 1/4 inches.
Provenance:
From a Boston, Massachusetts collection under the advisement of Dorothy Braude Edinburg and thence by descent.
Sold for $3,125 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2017
A CELADON JADE CARVED ‘SHOU’ COVER BOX.
The domed cover carved in low relief with a shou medallion encircled by stylized lotus petals, all enclosed surrounded by archaistic spiral and geometric design, the fitted box raised on a low foot, the translucent stone of a pale greenish white color with russet inclusions. Qing Dynasty period.
Height: 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm) Diameter: 6 7/8 in (17.5 cm)
Sold For: $5,500 at California Asian Art Auction Gallery USA in 2018
Chinese wood box with carved white jade cover. Box size: 9.5 X 6.5 X 8 cm.
Sold for $1,700 at Montgomery Auction in 2018
A CARVED PALE CELADON JADE HEXAGONAL JAR AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the rounded sides rising from a short foot to an angled shoulder and short neck, carved to each face with C-scrolls forming a taotie mask, the stepped cover similarly carved and surmounted by a knop finial, the stone of very pale celadon tone, wood stand and fitted box
Quantity: 4
7.5 cm, 3 in.
Sold for 35,000 GBP at Sothebys in 2017
