CHINESE REPUBLIC PERIOD JADE INSET BRASS CIGARETTE BOX VERY NICE JADE For Sale

A VERY GOOD CHINESE REPUBLIC PERIOD, JADE INLAID CIGARETTE BOX, HAVING A LARGE CELEDON JADE PLAQUE MEASURING 4.75\" LONG X 3.5\" WIDE, CARVED TO DEPICT A MAIDEN, A BIRD, FLORAL AND FAUNA, AND A TRIANGULAR SUMBOL WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE A SIGNATURE OF TWO CHARACTERS TO THE LEFT OF THE HEAD OF THE MAIDEN, OVERALL THE BOX MEASURES 5.75\" WIDE X 4.75\" DEEP X 1.25\" TALL, THE BRASS HAS A BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED DESIGN TO THE SIDE OF THE BOX IN RAISED RELIEF, THE WHOLE BOX RESTING ON BUN FEET, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY. A VERY NICE WELL DONE BOX.

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