Lot Essay
The four-character inscription is a new year's wish which reads sui sui ping an, and may be translated as 'may you have peace year after year'.
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18TH CENTURY
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A WHITE JADE 'QUAIL AND MILLET' PLAQUE
18TH CENTURY
The plaque is carved to one side in low relief with two quails beneath a millet stem. The reverse is carved with a four-character inscription in archaic script. The stone is of a pale milky tone.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
The plaque is carved to one side in low relief with two quails beneath a millet stem. The reverse is carved with a four-character inscription in archaic script. The stone is of a pale milky tone.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long
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