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DAY TWO: MORNING SESSION - 10.00 AM
(LOTS 500-648 INCLUSIVE)

†500

A CELADON JADE RETICULATED
‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

The lobed plaque is fnely carved and pierced
with a scaly dragon amongst fowers and clouds,
the underside is pierced with six pairs of holes for
attachment. The stone is of an even celadon tone.
2æ in. (7 cm.) wide

£3,000-5,000 $4,400-7,200
€3,800-6,300

500 PROVENANCE:

Property from a Private American Collection,
assembled prior to 1960.

A rectangular plaque carved with a similar dragon
and clouds, dating the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
is illustrated by Mei Ninghua and Tao Xincheng
in Gems of Beijing, Cultural Relics Series, Jades,
1999, no. 123, p.128.

Also compare the current lot to another shaped
dragon plaque from a buckle, illustrated by Yang
Boda in Zhong Guo Yu Qi Guanji (The Collection of
Chinese Jade), Vol. 5, no. 199, p. 133.

元/明 青玉鏤雕雲龍紋牌
來源：美國私人舊藏, 於1960年前購入

†501

A CELADON JADE PLAQUE INSET IN A
BOX AND COVER
THE JADE MING DYNASTY (1368-1644), THE
WOOD BOX LATER IN DATE

The foliate-shaped plaque is carved and pierced
with two cranes in fight above a lotus pond, inset
into a circular wood cover and box.
The jade plaque 3º in. (8.1cm.) diam.

£2,000-3,000 $2,900-4,300
€2,600-3,800

PROVENANCE: 501

Property from a Private American Collection,
assembled prior to 1960.

玉牌：明 木嵌青玉仙鶴蓮花紋蓋盒
來源：美國私人舊藏, 於1960年前
購入

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