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A PRIVATE UK COLLECTION (LOTS 740 - 742 INCLUSIVE)
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
18TH/19TH CENTURY
It is carved with two deer beneath a pine tree and to the reverse with a poetic inscription in seal script reading 'Bieyou Tiandi Feirenjian' that relates to the beauty of the landscape, and with the two-character seal 'Wen Wan' that may be translated as 'play thing'. The upper section is carved and pierced with two confronting dragons flanking shuangxi or 'double happiness' characters.
2? in. (6.1 cm.) long
18TH/19TH CENTURY
It is carved with two deer beneath a pine tree and to the reverse with a poetic inscription in seal script reading 'Bieyou Tiandi Feirenjian' that relates to the beauty of the landscape, and with the two-character seal 'Wen Wan' that may be translated as 'play thing'. The upper section is carved and pierced with two confronting dragons flanking shuangxi or 'double happiness' characters.
2? in. (6.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Inherited by the vendor's mother in 1962 in the UK, and then by descent