A WHITE JADE SHAPED RECTANGULAR PENDANT PLAQUE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A WHITE JADE SHAPED RECTANGULAR PENDANT PLAQUE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
One side is carved in low relief with a jue beside a prunus branch, the reverse with a four-character seal, zenghua jinjue (promotion in official ranks and elevation to nobility), and the center of the top with a shou medallion. The stone is semi-translucent and well polished.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high

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

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The combination of the prunus flower and the archaic bronze drinking vessel, jue, conveys the meaning, 'May you flourish and rise in rank.' The prunus flower, meihua, shares the same pronunciation with flourishing (hua), while the character for the bronze jue is the same word for 'noble rank.'