TWO WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR OPENWORK 'DRAGON' PLAQUES

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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TWO WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR OPENWORK 'DRAGON' PLAQUES
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
In the larger plaque the scaly dragon is shown leaping amidst leafy flower stems against a background of scrolling tendrils, and in the smaller plaque the four-clawed dragon is shown leaping above waves against a ground of fret pattern.
3 3/8 and 3 in. (8.6 and 7.6 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

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

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Lot Essay

Both of these plaques were part of a set of belt plaques. The larger of the two is stylistically similar to one which is the central plaque on a Ming dynasty jade belt in the Qing Court collection illustrated in The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 204-5, no. 166. As with the present plaque, the dragon is shown amidst leafy flower stems, although of a different kind of flower, against an openwork ground of tendrils.

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