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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
2390
A DARK BROWN AND PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE WHEEL-FORM PLAQUE
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The plaque is carved in openwork as a spoked Buddhist wheel decorated with C-scrolls and
with pearl-like bosses around the circumference. The brown color varies from russet brown to
blackish-brown.
3¿ in. (8 cm.) diam., wood box, the cover carved with a four-character inscription, Lantian
qipin (‘rare object of Lantian’).
$25,000-35,000
明 褐青玉鏤雕法輪
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