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           A WHITE JADE PLAQUE              A WHITE JADE PLAQUE               A WHITE JADE SQUARE ‘CHILONG’
           QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH          QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY        PLAQUE
           CENTURY                          of rectangular form, Þ nely carved in low relief   QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
           of oval form, carved in low relief on one side with   to one side with a warrior on horseback with his   carved with four archaistic chilong forming the
           a scholar standing on a raft cruising down a wavy   attendant, the reverse with an inscription reading   pierced square form, the stone with an even pale
           stream, the reserve with a crane standing on a   wen wu shuang quan (to be master of both   tone
           rock among waves beside a poetic inscription. all   polite letters and martial arts), all under the four   4.7 cm, 1⅞ in.
           within a naturalistic depiction of cloud and rock   scholars’ items, the stone of an even pale colour
           border                           6 cm, 2⅜ in.                      £ 4,000-6,000   US$ 5,700-8,500
           6.3 cm, 2½ in.
                                            £ 2,000-3,000   US$ 2,850-4,250
                                                                              ૶ɤɘ˰ߏ   ͣ͗⸷Ꮂ७˙भ
           £ 2,000-3,000   US$ 2,850-4,250
                                            ૶ɤɘ˰ߏ   ͣ͗˖؛ᕐΌभ
           ૶ɤɞ ɤɘ˰ߏ   ݆ͣ͗ಳದྡ་˖भ














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