
Michael Hughes
Vice President and Head of Department
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Vice President and Head of Department
嵌明代青白玉鏤雕仙鶴荷花紋鎏金蓋盒
For another Yuan or Ming plaque of the same subject, see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, London, 1995, p. 335, fig. 1.
For an earlier oval plaque depicting a goose set against a reticulated lotus backdrop, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.46, no. 43. It is dated to the Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1368). Another similar is illustrated by James Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, 1988, p. 65, no. 40.
A jade plaque carved with the same subject from the Xi'an Municipal Administrative Committee of Cultural Relics is illustrated by Li Bingwu in National Treasure Collection of Rare Cultural Relics of Shaanxi Province, 1999, pp.196-197. Another more similar example was sold at Christie's New York, 14/15 September 2017, lot 1015.
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