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A WHITE JADE PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular plaque carved in shallow relief to one side with three boys at play, clutching lingzhi sprays and below a bat in flight, below a pair of confronted chilong amidst scroll-clouds, the reverse with a poetic inscription below another pair of chilong, the stone of an exceptionally even white tone
2 in. (5 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular plaque carved in shallow relief to one side with three boys at play, clutching lingzhi sprays and below a bat in flight, below a pair of confronted chilong amidst scroll-clouds, the reverse with a poetic inscription below another pair of chilong, the stone of an exceptionally even white tone
2 in. (5 cm.) long