Lot Essay
The poem was written by the poet Bai Juyi (772-846), and describes the wealthy lifestyle of a salt merchant's wife.
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19TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE INSCRIBED CELADON JADE TWO-SIDED PLAQUE
19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, carved on both sides with a Tang dynasty poem, the characters heightened in gilt, the stone of a mottled tone
7 x 4 ¼ in. (17.5 x 11 cm.)
19TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, carved on both sides with a Tang dynasty poem, the characters heightened in gilt, the stone of a mottled tone
7 x 4 ¼ in. (17.5 x 11 cm.)
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Alexandra Cruden