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A PALE CELADON JADE PLAQUE A PALE CELADON JADE ‘CHILONG’
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY SEAL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
carved to one side in shallow relief with the
Tang dynasty poet Li Bai enjoying wine under a of square section with a canted upper edge, a
pine tree, the reverse with a line from Du Fu’s chilong sprawled across the top of the seal, its
poem ‘Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup’, signed legs extended in a crouch, its body forming an
Zigang, confronted kuilong ß anking the aperture S-curve from the head to the bifurcated tail, the
at the top, the stone of even pale celadon color facial features and tufts of fur incised, the seal
Height 2½ in., 6.3 cm face uncarved
Width 1½ in., 3.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 17th-18th September $ 4,000-6,000
2013, lot 101.
㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ曺䘥䌱晽坕漵憽䪈㕁
$ 6,000-8,000
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ曺䘥䌱晽㛶䘥愱惺⚾䇴

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⣑⫸␤Ἦᶵᶲ凡ġ冒䧙冋㗗惺ᷕẁ
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䲸䲬喯⭴㭼2013⸜9㚰17军18㖍炻䶐嘇101

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