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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GROUP OF FOUR WHITE JADE PLAQUES
细节
A GROUP OF FOUR WHITE JADE PLAQUES
LATE MING TO EARLY QING PERIOD, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY
The first white jade plaque of rectangular form, carved in openwork to depict an ascending coiled kui dragon, below a standing long-tailed archaistic phoenix with its head back-turned and wings outspread; a reticulated jade plaque designed with a single-horned dragon striding amidst ruyi clouds; a jade pendant carved in openwork with a pair of chilong flanking a jie character on one side, and zhai character on the reverse, above a bat in flight; and a rectangular jade plaque carved in reticulation with a border of convex circular beads framing a crane in flight
The largest 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) across (4)
LATE MING TO EARLY QING PERIOD, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY
The first white jade plaque of rectangular form, carved in openwork to depict an ascending coiled kui dragon, below a standing long-tailed archaistic phoenix with its head back-turned and wings outspread; a reticulated jade plaque designed with a single-horned dragon striding amidst ruyi clouds; a jade pendant carved in openwork with a pair of chilong flanking a jie character on one side, and zhai character on the reverse, above a bat in flight; and a rectangular jade plaque carved in reticulation with a border of convex circular beads framing a crane in flight
The largest 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) across (4)