Lot Essay
(US$16,000-20,000)
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A WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' PLAQUE MOUNTED ON A GILT-BRONZE BOX
QIANLONG
The plaque finely carved with a scaly, full-faced dragon with long whiskers and bulging eyes, above crashing waves and reserved on a fire and cloud-scroll ground, all within a classic scroll border, the translucent jade of white tone with a celadon tinge, mounted on a gilt-bronze box, the sides of which cast with lotus flowers alternating with swords with billowing ribbons, the base with a simple classic scroll, the interior lined with bright, lemon-yellow silk
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) diam., box
QIANLONG
The plaque finely carved with a scaly, full-faced dragon with long whiskers and bulging eyes, above crashing waves and reserved on a fire and cloud-scroll ground, all within a classic scroll border, the translucent jade of white tone with a celadon tinge, mounted on a gilt-bronze box, the sides of which cast with lotus flowers alternating with swords with billowing ribbons, the base with a simple classic scroll, the interior lined with bright, lemon-yellow silk
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) diam., box