A RARE WHITE JADE OPENWORK PLAQUE

YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY

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A RARE WHITE JADE OPENWORK PLAQUE
YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY
The rectangular plaque is shaped with canted corners, finely carved in openwork and layered relief with a bearded figure of foreign appearance holding a chain tied to a ferocious mythical lion with its head turned back to face the figure among blossoming branches on foliate scroll grounds.
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Compare with a jade plaque dated to the Yuan dyansty in the Palace Museum, Beijing depicting a very similar scene illustrated in Jadeware (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, p. 172, no. 143 where it mentions that this pattern featuring the lion was only permitted to be worn by military officers of the 1st rank.

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