TWO FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR OPENWORK 'DRAGON' PLAQUES

MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

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TWO FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR OPENWORK 'DRAGON' PLAQUES
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
One is carved with a slender four-clawed dragon leaping above a rock against a ground of fine scrolling tendrils, between two birds in the upper corners and two peony in the lower corners, all within an outer border of wan fret. The dragon on the other plaque is also leaping above a rock between a chime and a bird in the upper corners and two flower stems in the lower corners, all amidst and against a ground of fine scrolling tendrils. Together with a white jade openwork oval plaque, Ming dynasty, carved with an egret standing on a rock amidst lotus plants, millet and sagitarria, against a ground of scrolling tendrils.
2 9/16, 2 5/8 and 3 in. (6.5, 6.6 and 7.6 cm.) wide (3)

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

The wan-fret border on the first plaque is similar to that of a set of white jade belt plaques, dated to the Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 202-3, no. 165.

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