Spinach green jade box ‘Fortuna’, Qing dynasty

Carved jade of an intense spinach-green colour, with flecks of darker tonality. It has a quadrangular structure and a flat body, decorated around the perimeter with engraved fretwork patterns, arranged on both the body and the lid. The upper part of the lid is decorated with a bas-relief composition of a large central basket filled with fruit, banana leaves and coins, on which is placed an element symbolising prosperity and fortune, together with the characters ‘大吉’. Surrounding the beautiful image are elongated, curling ruyi clouds that give an ethereal, celestial appearance. Qing Dynasty (1644-19129 or later) 

Size: 2.9 x 8.8 x 8.8 cm

Weight: 335 g