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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND PRIVATE
COLLECTION
1768
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE
'DRAGON' PLAQUE
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The oval plaque is deeply carved with a central
five-clawed dragon incised with scales and with
its body coiled and grasping a flaming pearl in
one claw, set against an openwork ground of
blossoming lotus branches. The stone is of pale
greenish-white tone.
4º in. (11 cm.) wide
$7,000-9,000

明 白玉雕龍紋牌

1768

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A LADY
1769
A FINELY CARVED GREENISH-YELLOW
JADE CUP
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Of somewhat flattened oval shape, the vessel is
carved and undercut at one end with a chilong
standing on the tail or body of two chilong carved
on either side, one, which is also undercut,
confronting an archaistic dragon. The head of
a bird is carved below the rim on one side and a
small chilong emerging from clouds on the base.
The finely polished, translucent stone of pale
greenish-yellow color has some opaque buff
alteration.
3√ in. (10 cm.) wide

$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Acquired from the above in 1974.

明 青黃玉雕螭龍把盃

1769