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                                            AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE           清十八世紀    白玉題詩松蔭高仕圖珮
                                            ‘SCHOLAR’ PLAQUE
                                            SIGNED ZIGANG, QING DYNASTY,
                                            18TH CENTURY
                                            of rectangular form, one face worked in shallow
                                            relief with a scholar inscribing on a rock before his
                                            attendant holding an inkstone behind, set amidst
                                            a landscape with overhanging wutong trees, the
                                            reverse with a long inscription followed by two
                                            seals reading Zigang, all surmounted by a pair of
                                            addorsed archaistic dragons, the stone of an even
                                            white tone
                                            5.6 cm, 2¼ in.
                                            HK$ 180,000-220,000
                                            US$ 23,000-28,100
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