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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG PRIVATE COLLECTION
3021
A YELLOW JADE ‘ABSTINENCE’ PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The plaque is carved as two confronting openwork archaistic
chilong framing a rectangular panel, inscribed on one side with the
characters zhaijie, which may be translated as “abstinence”, which
is repeated in Manchu on the reverse. The stone is of an even
greenish-yellow tone with dark russet inclusions.
2 in. (5 cm.) long, box
HK$100,000-180,000 US$13,000-23,000

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3021 (two views ݦ㬷)

VARIOUS PROPERTIES
3022
A WHITE JADE ‘ZHANG QIAN’ PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The rectangular plaque is carved to one side with a panel enclosing
Zhang Qian reclining on a tree trunk barge floating on tumultuous
waves. The reverse is inscribed in lishu with a poem in four
columns and signed Zigang. Both panels are surmounted by a pair
of confronting kui dragons. The stone is of an even pale tone.
2 º in. (5.7 cm.) high
HK$100,000-200,000 US$13,000-26,000

PROVENANCE
The Zhirouzhai Collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
8 October 2008, lot 2346
The inscription reads: ‘di shi yin he du, nian nian yuan que qiao,
jun ping ceng zhi zai, ci heng ke xing gao’.
Zhang Qian was an imperial envoy in the Han dynasty
best known for his reports on Central Asia which led to
the development of westward international trade routes. In
literature, the inscription on the reverse of this plaque refers to
a Yuan dynasty poem which describes Zhang’s quest on a log
raft to find the source of the Yellow River, and eventually finds
himself floating on the Milky Way.
3022 (two views ݦ㬷)
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