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PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
916
AN UNUSUAL PALE GREYISH-WHITE AND DARK GREY JADE
‘BUDDHIST LION’ PLAQUE
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
Possibly a weight, the rectangular plaque is well carved in openwork with two Buddhist
lions playing with a ribbon-tied brocade ball, the ends of the ribbon trailing off into
openwork scrolls above the head of the lion carved from the dark grey area of the stone.
The plain reverse is as smoothly polished as the front.
3Ω in. (9 cm.) wide
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE
William S. Arnett Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, acquired prior to 1971.
EXHIBITED
On loan: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1973 to September 1980.
明 灰白雙色玉鏤雕獅戲繡球飾

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