A WHITE JADE 'LADIES' PENDANT

拍品 1946

1946

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A WHITE JADE 'LADIES' PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of rectangular form, carved in shallow relief with confronted sinuous dragons to the top, on one side depicting two ladies reading before a window, the reverse with an inscription, the stone of an even white tone
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

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Stephen Junkunc, III.

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The poem can be translated as follows:
Is rare to find great beauty on earth,
but the Jiao family has two;
reading books of war strategies,
marrying husbands of noble qualities.