A GROUP OF FOUR WHITISH JADE OPENWORK PEACH-SHAPED BELT PLAQUES

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

Details

A GROUP OF FOUR WHITISH JADE OPENWORK PEACH-SHAPED BELT PLAQUES
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
All are carved with a leaping four-clawed dragon: two appear to be from the same belt, with the dragon within a quatrefoil border and reserved on a fret and tendril ground; on the third the dragon is also within a quatrefoil border and reserved on a scrolling tendril ground; on the fourth the dragon faces in the opposite direction and is reserved against a ground of scrolling tendrils.
All 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high (4)

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

To see how similar plaques would have been attached to a cloth belt, see the set of Ming dynasty examples in the Qing Court collection illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 204-5, no. 166.

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