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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE PENDANT
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE PENDANT
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Cleverly carved in low relief on one side, using the skin of the stone, with a network of blossoming branches, the reverse carved with four characters, ji xiang ruyi (good fortune comes true), all beneath a reticulated border of scrolling clouds at the top
2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm.) long
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Cleverly carved in low relief on one side, using the skin of the stone, with a network of blossoming branches, the reverse carved with four characters, ji xiang ruyi (good fortune comes true), all beneath a reticulated border of scrolling clouds at the top
2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in South Africa in the 1960s.
Exhibited
Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, 1985-1986, no. 156.
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