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A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGON’ BELT PLAQUE A LARGE CHINESE AGATE ‘LINGZHI’ BRUSH WASHER
LATE MING DYNASTY QING DYNASTY
The oblong body carved in relief to one side with a dragon winding its body The deep body formed as a large lingzhi cap, the exterior carved in high relief
through swirling clouds and flowering lotus, its bulging eyes gazing intently with many mushrooms growing from a gnarled branch which forms the foot,
at the sacred pearl it pursues, the reverse concave and with eight small the hardstone a pale colour with horizontal white striations, 16.5cm.
holes for attachment, the stone of an even tone with some minor inclusions, £3,000-5,000
10.4cm.
£2,000-3,000 Cf. Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th November 2011, lot 3233 for a related yellow agate
brush washer.
Cf. Christie’s New York, 14th September 2017, lot 725 for a related Ming plaque
carved in openwork with a confronting dragon.

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