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Lot 8025
A jade reticulated plaque Ming dynasty
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
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A jade reticulated plaque
Ming dynasty
Pierced and decorated with a heron at rest, against a subsidiary ground of flowers and reeds, the scene enclosed within a border of circles with concave faces.
2 x 2 3/4in (5.3 x 7cm)
Pierced and decorated with a heron at rest, against a subsidiary ground of flowers and reeds, the scene enclosed within a border of circles with concave faces.
2 x 2 3/4in (5.3 x 7cm)
Footnotes
明 青白玉鏤雕鹭紋牌
For a similar jade plaque, see the Chih-jou Chai Collection, exhibited and illustrated by James C. Y Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, 1980, cat. no. 180, p. 191, dated as second half 16th century. Two very similar examples were sold in Bonhams, Hong Kong, sale 15502, 26 May 2007, lot 255. Two closely related jade plaques from the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung are illustrated by Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 342, nos. 25:23 and 25:24.


