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PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
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THREE JADE ARCHAISTIC PLAQUES WITH CHILONG
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
One of opaque white and dark brown color, of rounded rectangular shape with a slit in the
center, is carved in high relief on the top with two chilong, and on the underside with bosses.
One of plectrum shape with a central aperture is of pale greyish-white and dark brown color
and is carved in high relief on top with a single muscular chilong with backward-turned head,
and on the reverse with a feld of bosses. The third, of oblong shape, is of creamy white and
dark brown color and carved in high relief on the top with a chilong crawling around the
central aperture, and the fat underside is carved with line borders.
The longest 4º in. (10.5 cm.) (3)

$4,000-6,000

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 玉雕仿古螭龍紋璧三件

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