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A very pale green jade rectangular plaque 18th/19th century, the inscription later image 1
A very pale green jade rectangular plaque 18th/19th century, the inscription later image 2
A very pale green jade rectangular plaque 18th/19th century, the inscription later image 3
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A very pale green jade rectangular plaque
18th/19th century, the inscription later

Chinese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art and Paintings
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A very pale green jade rectangular plaque

18th/19th century, the inscription later
The slender plaque of pale and even stone delicately carved in shallow relief with a distinctive gnarled and spiky prunus branch issuing buds and five-petaled blossoms, all finished with a softly gleaming polish, the reverse with an incised inscription and seal embellished with traces of gilt reading Luofu xianpin.
6 1/2in x 4 3/8in (16.5cm x 11.2cm)

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十八或十九世紀 青白玉牌刻梅花紋牌 銘文為後加

The inscribed four-line poem can be translated as:
Spring has come to Luofu
On subtle sweet scents from these refined (plum trees)
Carrying a celestial elegance
Distilled over the course of many lifetimes

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