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A CARVED AND INSCRIBED WHITE JADE PLAQUE
18TH-19TH CENTURY

The plaque is carved to one side with fve geese, with the reverse inscribed with the
characters han pu qi ya, ‘birds resting on the cold riverbank’. The stone is of a pale
even tone.
2¡ in. (5.9 cm.) long

£15,000-20,000 $20,000-26,000

€18,000-23,000

清十八/十九世紀 白玉寒浦棲鴉牌

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A WHITE JADE PLAQUE
19TH CENTURY

The plaque is of rectangular shape and is carved to one side with The poetic inscription is an extract from Heavenly Questions
two scholars, and the reverse has four lines of calligraphy. The in Chuci, attributed to Qu Yuan, a poet and minister in the
stone is of an even tone. Warring States period (475-221 BC).
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high
清十九世紀 白玉高士詩文牌
£12,000-15,000 $16,000-19,000 刻文: 「眩弟並淫 危害厥兄 何變化以作詐 而後嗣逢長」

€14,000-17,000

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