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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A CARVED BLACK AND WHITE JADE PLAQUE 清十九世紀 白玉雙色高士圖詩文牌
19TH CENTURY 題識：「遊月東海去 長帶弄花香」
The rectangular plaque is carved with a scholar and an attendant standing 落款：「玩」
under scrolling clouds with a mythical beast in flight. The reverse is carved
with a poetic inscription followed by a square seal reading wan (plaything).
The stone is of translucent white tone with an area of greyish-black at
one corner.
來源:
2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high
舊金山邦瀚斯, 2005年11月21日, 拍品1196號 (部分)。
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE:
Bonhams San Francisco, 21 November 2005, lot 1196 (part).
The inscription on the plaque reads you yue dong hai qu, chang dai nong
hua xiang (Take an excursion to the moon by way of Donghai, [while] the
blossoms give off fragrance when stroked with the robe's belt).
