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A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Carved on one side with two characters in seal script reading cong de, the reverse carved with the same characters in Manchu script, all set within a border surrounded by two openwork, confronted archaistic kui dragons, the stone of even white tone
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
来源
Acquired in the 1950s-70s.

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The characters cong de are probably a reference to the Confucian code, san cong si de, 'Three Obediences and Four Virtues', that governed the behavior of women in imperial China.