A white jade square box and cover


QianlongThe box raised on bracket feet with blank design, the cover is delicately carved in low relief with a flower head at the centre of the top, within a frame carved archaistic ruyi and clouds, the canted shoulder carved with a ruyi scroll band, the finely polished stone of semi-translucent white tone with a slight russet vein, stand, box. 5.7cm (2 1/4 in) wide. (4).
|清乾隆 白玉雕仿古紋方盒Provenance:Dr Peter M. Greiner (1940-2013)Christie's New York, 18-19 September 2014, lot 781A distinguished Asian private collection來源：皮特·M·格雷納博士（1940-2013年）舊藏紐約佳士得，2014年9月18-19日，拍品編號781亞洲顯赫私人收藏Dr. Peter M. Greiner (1940-2013) was a passionate collector and student of Chinese art. His passion for collecting was influenced by his father, William Greiner, who worked for the French government in Asia in the early 20th century, where Peter was born and spent his early childhood. Dr Greiner attended medical school and became a successful surgeon while continuing to pursue his interest in fine Chinese works of art over fifty years. He further pursued his studies of Chinese art at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned his master's degree. He taught Chinese art history as a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University and was a guest curator for numerous museum exhibitions, where he displayed some select pieces from his personal collection.皮特·M·格雷納博士為知名中國古代藝術愛好者及收藏家，其父親曾於20世紀早期法國駐亞洲政府機構工作。在其家父的影響下，皮特自幼便開始接觸收藏。從醫學院畢業後，皮特成為美國知名外科手術醫生，但其對中國藝術品的收藏興趣從未消減，度過將近50年的收藏生涯。皮特敏求好學，前後從美國密歇根大學以及匹斯堡大學獲得了中國藝術的碩士學位。他曾經於卡耐基·梅隆大學擔任訪問學者，並曾多次擔任博物館專題展覽策展人，皮特的某些藏品也曾經在這些展覽展出過。For a related example of a white jade box and cover, decorated with archaistic motifs, Qing dynasty, see the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.109.白玉質，白皙透潤，盝頂，頂面正中陷地淺浮雕十字花紋，邊框以如意垂頭紋框之，四角雕變形仿古雲穀紋，蓋緣雕如意紋。盒身光素，四角分明，下承四足，折角略微外撇。北京故宮博物院藏一套清代青玉瓶爐三事中的香盒和本品頗似，方盒，且飾仿古紋，見《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇10》，北京，2011年，編號109。