AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR OPENWORK ORNAMENT

19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR OPENWORK ORNAMENT
19TH CENTURY
The plaque is carved in openwork as a gnarled lingzhi stem that forms the outer border and encloses eight fungus heads of varying size. The white stone is semi-translucent.
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.

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Lot Essay

According to Terese Tse Bartholomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 2006, p. 264, no. 9.12.1, the connotation of nine ruyi may be traced back to the Book of Odes, and express the hope that heaven will bless these things always: the mountains and hills, the grass, the stream, the sun and moon, the longevity of the Southern Mountain, and the green luxuriance of the pine and the cypress.

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