Sale 3322
Hong Kong
|
28 May 2014
Price realised
HKD 200,000
Estimate
A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR PENDANT 'BOY' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The plaque is carved in shallow relief with confronted chilong and is decorated to one side with a boy lighting a firecracker. The reverse is carved with the first two lines from the poem yuanri, 'first day of New Year', by Wang Anshi, signed Zigang. The stone is of an even pale tone. 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
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