20TH CENTURY

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AN INSCRIBED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
20TH CENTURY
One side of the plaque is delicately carved with a mountainous scene depicting riverside dwellings amongst trees and two fishermen on a boat. The reverse is with a calligraphic inscription below a bat in flight amongst scrolling clouds. The stone is of an exceptionally pale even tone with an area of russet skin skilfully remaining, creating a striking effect.
3 ? in. (9.8 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

The poetic inscription is extracted from the early Qing poem Yu Fu Tu by Xing Xiu. It is read as 'dong xi nan bei ren ao you, wan li chang jiang yi ye zhou', and may be translated as: 'Roaming freely to the East, South, West and North; travelling thousands of miles down the Yangtse River on a small boat'. This inscription is followed by the two characters 'wen wan' for 'play thing'.

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