QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
LENGTH: 15CM
The shallow box and cover is carved in the form of a finger citrus issuing from a single leafy stalk. The boxwood is patinated to a deep caramel colour.
SIMILAR EXAMPLE
An example of a boxwood lidded box is published in the Royal Academy exhibition book China: The Three Emperors, London, 2005, p. 224, Catalogue No. 134.
清十八世紀 黃楊木雕佛瓜蓋盒
