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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Lot 206

A white jade plaque
19th century

8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A white jade plaque

19th century
The even white stone carved on one side with a hermit scholar carrying a basket of flowers conversing with another scholar in a long-sleeved robe all within an archaistic scroll border with confronted chilong at the top edge, the reverse with an inscription. 5.2cm (2in) high

Footnotes

Provenance: an English private collection

十九世紀 白玉雕人物詩文牌

來源:英國私人收藏

The inscription on the back reads:

采藥到天台,
仙源取次開,
胡麻隨水出,
誰費寸心來?

Which may be translated as:

Going to Mount Tiantai to gather herbs,
The heavenly scenes unfold one after another;
The Oriental Sesame grows where there is water,
Who can come to appreciate such a scene?

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