A LARGE WHITE JADE OPENWORK ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
A LARGE WHITE JADE OPENWORK ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
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A LARGE WHITE JADE OPENWORK ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A LARGE WHITE JADE OPENWORK ‘DRAGON’ PLAQUE
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The large oval plaque is deeply carved with a central dragon incised with scales and with its body coiled around a flaming pearl. The dragon is flanked by two smaller dragons writhing amid leafy stems and lotus blossoms, all above a second layer of openwork carving of branches and leaves. The carving is mounted on an integral, round-edged frame with four piercings on the reverse for attachment, and the stone is a very pale greenish-white with some greyish areas and inclusions on the back.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide
來源
Private collection of a distinguished scientist, near Toulouse, France.

拍品專文

The present plaque is unusual for its large size, which permits the inclusion of two smaller dragons flanking the central dragon. Another openwork plaque of similar size, but with four smaller dragons surrounding the central dragon, from the collection of Mr. David R. S. Ezekiel, was included in the exhibition of The Oriental Ceramic Society, Chinese Jade throughout the ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, and illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 124, no. 407, and further illustrated by M. Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2005, p. 31, no. 27.

A similar but smaller openwork plaque dated to the Ming dynasty is illustrated by J. C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989 p. 78, no. 51. Another smaller plaque with a single front-facing dragon is illustrated in The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 214, no. 172. A related large 'dragon' plaque from the James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas, Texas, sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 2015, lot 661.

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