Sale 2339
New York
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16 - 17 September 2010
Price realised
USD 116,500
Estimate
A FINE WHITE JADE PLAQUE 18TH CENTURY Finely carved on either side with a pair of long-tailed birds each below a two-character inscription, in seal script within a rectangular cartouches, one reading 'tong xin' (share the same love), the other 'bi yi' (share the same life), all below a recumbent dragon 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1979.
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