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A RARE SPINACH GREEN JADE ‘NINE DRAGON’ PANEL-INLAID WOOD The present Art-Nouveau style table was probably unique and was specifically
‘ART NOUVEAU’ STYLE TABLE designed to adapt these jade panels.The technique of inlaying this type of
THE JADE PLAQUES: CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY spinach jade panels can be found on Imperial hardwood furniture from the
THE TABLE: EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Qianlong period. See a massive zitan table screen inlaid with a spinach green
木嵌碧玉九龍閙海紋桌 jade panel depicting two confronting dragons in the sea, in the collection
玉：清十九世紀 of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
桌：二十世紀初 Treasures of the Palace Museum - Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
(II), Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 167.
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