A Chinese white jade circular plaque

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A Chinese white jade circular plaque
carved with a bird beside a tree stump and flowering prunus -- 2.in (5.1cm) diam; another of a parrot within a border of circular motifs -- 2.in (5.7cm) diam; another of confronting phoenix above foliage -- 2.in (5.7cm) diam; a further plaque carved with squirrels surrounding a central flowerhead -- 2.in (5.7cm) diam; and eleven further jade circular and rectangular plaques pierced and carved with baskets of flowers and shou-characters -- 3.in (7.6cm) wide max, wood stands, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 41. (15)

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