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A LARGE INSCRIBED WHITE JADE 清 白玉「一路平安」珮
‘BOY AND EGRET’ PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY
of rectangular form, one face worked in shallow
relief with a boy carrying a vase of flowering
peony beside an egret and a bat in flight, the
reverse with a square cartouche enclosing four
seal characters reading yilu pingan (‘Wishing you
a safe journey’), all surmounted by a pair of flying
bats flanking a central ruyi head, the stone of an
even white tone
7.8 cm, 3⅛ in.
HK$ 260,000-360,000
US$ 33,200-45,900
