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A YELLOW JADE ARCHAISTIC PLAQUE
Late Qing Dynasty/Republic Period
Finely carved as a circular bi disc with floral scrolls on either side, a
writhing chilong with bifurcated tail clambering on top through the
central aperture, all above an axe-shaped blade flanked by a pair of
stylised chilong, the stone of an attractive yellow tone.
11.8cm (4 3/4in) long.

£9,000 - 12,000
CNY80,000 - 110,000
清晚期/民國 黃玉雕螭龍紋斧形佩

Compare with a related white jade axe-shaped pendant, Qing dynasty,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade, 9, Beijing, 2011, p.253, no.257.

See a related yellow jade carving of an axe-shaped pendant, Qing
dynasty, which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, (reverse)
lot 3545.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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