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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘PHEASANT’ PLAQUE
Yuan Dynasty
Of oval form, exquisitely carved and pierced
with the pheasant in the centre perched on a
leafy branch with its head turned backwards,
amongst intertwined vines of camellia
blossoms and leaves, the stone of an even
pale green-white tone.
8.9cm (3 1/2in) wide

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 53,000

元 青白玉雕白鹭穿蓮佩

Compare with a similar pale green jade plaque
with a pheasant, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by
A.Forsyth and B.McElney, Jades from China,
Bath, 1994, p.329, no.245. Another similar
jade plaque with pheasant, Jin dynasty, is
illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from
Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.337,
no.25:14. See also a similar jade plaque,
Jin/Yuan dynasty, illustrated in Spink & Son
Ltd., Chinese Jade: An Important Private
Collection, London, 1991, no.79.

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144 Y
A WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ PLAQUE
Ming Dynasty
The jade plaque finely carved in high relief with
a sinuous writhing dragon amongst billowing
ruyi-clouds and two flying phoenixes with
finely incised feathers, the white jade inset
on the zitan cover of the inkstone raised on a
zitan stand.
9.6cm (3 7/8in) long (3).

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000

明 硯台配嵌白玉雕龍鳳紋牌硯蓋

Provenance: according to family history, which
is supported by family records illustrating the
progress of British troops in Beijing at the
time, this object was acquired by a military
attaché posted to Beijing at the time of the
Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He was attached to
the staff of Brigadier-General A.Gaselee, the
commander of the British contingent.

來源：據家族歷史記錄，1900年義和團運動
期間，藏家作為英國准將阿爾弗雷德·蓋斯
利的隨行外交官得此拍品於北京。

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