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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘PHEASANT’ Compare with a similar pale green jade A MOTTLED BLACK AND WHITE JADE
PLAQUE plaque with a pheasant, Yuan Dynasty, RETICULATED ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
Yuan Dynasty illustrated by A. Forsyth and B. McElney, Ming Dynasty
Of oval form, finely carved with a pheasant Jades from China, Bath, 1994, p.329, Of oval form, carved with a sinuous twin-
perched on a branch to the centre, its no.245. Another similar jade plaque with horned dragon amongst scrolling lotus
head turned backwards, amongst densely pheasant, Jin Dynasty, is illustrated by J. stems. 9cm (3.1/2in) long.
flowering camelia blossom, the stone of even Rawson, Chinese Jade from The Neolithic
pale green-white tone. to The Qing, London, 1995, p.337, £2,000 - 3,000
8.9cm (3.1/2in) wide. no.25:14. See also a similar jade plaque, HK$20,000 - 29,000
Jin/Yuan Dynasty, illustrated in Spink & Son CNY18,000 - 27,000
£2,000 - 3,000 Ltd., Chinese Jade: An Important Private
HK$20,000 - 29,000 Collection, London, 1991, no.79. Provenance
CNY18,000 - 27,000 a European private collection, thence by
descent.

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