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A pale green jade 'pheasant' plaque Yuan Dynasty
16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A pale green jade 'pheasant' plaque
Yuan Dynasty
Of oval form, exquisitely carved and pierced with the pheasant in the centre perched on a leafy branch with its head turned backwards, amongst intertwined vines of camellia blossoms and leaves, the stone of an even pale green-white tone.
8.9cm (3 1/2in) wide
Of oval form, exquisitely carved and pierced with the pheasant in the centre perched on a leafy branch with its head turned backwards, amongst intertwined vines of camellia blossoms and leaves, the stone of an even pale green-white tone.
8.9cm (3 1/2in) wide
Footnotes
元 青白玉雕白鹭穿蓮佩
Compare with a similar pale green jade plaque with a pheasant, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by A.Forsyth and B.McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, p.329, no.245. Another similar jade plaque with pheasant, Jin dynasty, is illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.337, no.25:14. See also a similar jade plaque, Jin/Yuan dynasty, illustrated in Spink & Son Ltd., Chinese Jade: An Important Private Collection, London, 1991, no.79.
























