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A MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE OVAL PLAQUE INSET WITH A
MIRROR
18TH-19TH CENTURY
清十八/十九世紀 白玉痕都斯坦風格折枝花卉紋鏡
The plaque is carved with large blossoming fowers encircled by a continuous
foral scroll and stylised rope twist border. One side is carved with an
openwork fower handle inset with a red hardstone, opposite a small bud-form
knop. The mirror is inset to the reverse, surrounded by gilt-metal inset with
small hardstones.
8¿ in. (20.6 cm.) long
£10,000-15,000 $16,000-23,000
€14,000-20,000
Compare to a related mirror of square form in the collection of the National
Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Zhao Guiling in Compendium of
Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, Vol. 9, Qing Dynasty, inventory
number GU 89292, no. 133, p.143.
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A WHITE JADE ‘FOLDING FAN’ PENDANT
白玉暗蘭幽香墜
The jade is carved to imitate a fan, one side is decorated with an orchid
emerging from rocks, the other with a four-character inscription Anlan
Youxiang, that may be translated as ‘the delicate fragrance of the hidden
orchid’. The stone is of an even pale tone.
1æ in. (4.3 cm.) long
£1,000-2,000 $1,600-3,000
€1,400-2,700
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