A FINE WHITE JADE PLAQUE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A FINE WHITE JADE PLAQUE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Carved on one side with an elderly scholar in a terraced garden beneath a blossoming prunus tree, his attendant by his side carrying a freshly cut branch over his shoulder, the reverse with a lengthy inscription followed by the signature 'Zigang', and one seal reading 'Lu', all beneath two stylized confronted chilong at the top, the plaque strung with a coral bead and seed pearls
2¾ in. (7 cm.) long

Provenance

Nagatani Inc., Chicago, 1975.

Exhibited

Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, 1985 - 1986, no. 198.

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Lot Essay

The inscription may be translated as:

'A sprig resembles snow on a cold mountain.
Forest and flowers have begun to bloom.
My former incarnation should be arriving.
In the moonlight, he brings me a letter.'

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