A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PENDANT PLAQUE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Details

A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PENDANT PLAQUE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
One side is carved entirely with a scene of a scholar holding a fan in his raised right hand as he extends his left hand towards a tiger approaching him beneath a tree in a rocky landscape. The reverse is carved with an inscription, hendu shi, zhengning xiang, liuzhe ni hufeng xiaoyue, fei wo neng xiang, and signed Zigang, all below addorsed dragon scroll. The semi-translucent stone is of even color.
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

The inscription is an excerpt from the Kun opera, Zui Puti: Fu Hu (Drunken Bodhi: Subduing the Tiger), and may be translated, 'Evil in spirit and sinister in appearance, you continue to command the wind and summon the moon at will, yet I fail to bring you to terms.'

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