Page 69 - Bonhams NYC Chinese works of Art March 2019

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AN INSCRIBED RECTANGULAR WHITE JADE PLAQUE
One face carved with a scene of Wang Xizhi directing his attendant to
release a goose into a pond, the reverse inscribed with a poem and
signed Shiyun, all enclosed within a frame surmounted by a pair of
addorsed kuilong, the stone of an even white color.
2 3/8in (6cm) high

$5,000 - 8,000
560 (two views)
白玉雕羲之放鵝圖題詩牌 《時雲》款
561
AN AGATE ‘LIU HAI’ PLAQUE
Of oval outline, one face carved in low relief with a scene of Liu Hai
opening a circular box to release his three-legged toad amid a cloud of
vapor, the design highlighted by the caramel colored inclusions in the
stone, the other face carved with characters in seal script reading Liu
Hai xi chan (Liu Hai playing with his toad), strung with a bead and seed
pearls.
1 7/8in (4.8cm) high

$2,500 - 4,000

瑪瑙雕「劉海戲蟾」紋牌
562
A WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON AND PHOENIX’ PLAQUE
Of rectangular outline with rounded corners, one side carved in low
relief with the dragon amid clouds, a cartouch enclosing the characters
xiang long (auspicious dragon) incised above, the other side carved
with the phoenix below the characters rui feng (felicitous phoenix),
the upper edge pierced and mounted with a gold bail, the stone of an
even white color. 561 (two views)
2in (5cm) long

$6,000 - 9,000

白玉雕「祥龍瑞鳳」紋牌

562 (two views)

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