A WHITE JADE PLAQUE
19TH CENTURY
The plaque is of rectangular shape and is carved to one side with two scholars, and the reverse has four lines of calligraphy. The stone is of an even tone.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high
The poetic inscription is an extract from Heavenly Questions in Chuci, attributed to Qu Yuan, a poet and minister in the Warring States period (475-221 BC).