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Lot Essay
A jade openwork plaque carved with the same motif, which is dated to the Ming dynasty, is in the collection of the Xi'an Municipal Administrative Committee of Cultural Relics, and illustrated by Li Bingwu in National Treasure Collection of Rare Cultural Relics of Shaanxi Province, 1999, pp. 196-7. Another similar plaque from the Lizzadro Collection was sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2013, lot 802.