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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE GERARD ARNHOLD
                           947
                           A WHITE AND BROWN JADE OPENWORK ‘SPRING WATER’ PLAQUE
                           YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
                           The convex oval plaque is well carved in openwork with a goose in fight amidst the
                           intertwining stems of lotus leaves, fowers, and saggitaria, all within a ‘pearl’ border.
                           3Ω in. (9 cm.) wide, lucite stand
                           $10,000-15,000

                           PROVENANCE
                           The Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010) Collection, São Paolo.
                           Compare the similar plaque dated Yuan dynasty from the Michael S. L. Liu Collection
                           illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table,
                           University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2007, p. 146, no. 76,
                           where it is described as a ‘spring water’ plaque, and states that it was probably made towards
                           the end of the Yuan dynasty.
                           元/明   褐白玉鏤雕春水飾



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