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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANN AND GORDON A set of nineteen celadon jade belt plaques similarly carved
GETTY with four-claw dragons belonging to Ming Prince Yizhuang’s
A RARE SET OF SILVER-MOUNTED consort, Wang, excavated from her tomb in Nancheng
(Jiangxi) is illustrated in Gu Fang, Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji:
CELADON JADE BELT PLAQUES
Jiangxi / The Complete Collection of Unearthed Jades in China:
MING DYNASTY Jiangxi, vol. 9, Beijing, 2005, pl. 132. Similar sets of excavated
jade plaques from that region and period carved with ! gures
comprising two large rectangular plaques, six medium-sized
or animals are illustrated in the same volume, ibid., pls 130,
rectangular plaques, three small rectangular plaques, and
140, and 142. A set of twenty Ming dynasty white jade belt
six peach-shaped plaques, each carved in openwork with a
plaques carved in openwork with qilin sold in these rooms, 15th
writhing four-clawed dragon amidst clouds and auspicious
emblems, the smallest rectangular with only auspicious September 2010, lot 215.
emblems over openwork clouds, original silver mountings, the $ 40,000-60,000
stone of even pale green color, an additional peach-shaped
plaque cast in resin (19) ׼ ڡ͗ீᎉථᎲ७ᝋვ੭ؐɓࢁ
Longest 4¼ in., 10.8 cm
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PROVENANCE ࠰ಥԳɻ੻1995ϋ5˜1˚dᇜ໮751
Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st May 1995, lot 751.

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