TWO CHINESE RETICULATED WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND LYCHEES' BELT PLAQUES 元至明 白玉龍紋方形珮及荔枝紋帶板
TWO CHINESE RETICULATED WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND LYCHEES' BELT PLAQUES Yuan - Ming Dynasty 元至明 白玉龍紋方形珮及荔枝紋帶板 The square framed white jade, carved and pierced, adorned with a vigorous three-clawed dragon reserved against a background amid leafy branches issuing five lychees, the reserve is unpolished and showing the structure very clearly, with six double holes for attachment; the other of similar design, with two lychees, the reserve is unpolished and showing the structure very clearly, with three double holes for attachment, 5.5cm wide; 5.1cm wide - PROVENANCE: Private Collection, UK 來源： 英國私人收藏 - NOTE: Prototypes similar to these plaques are found in metalwork dating to the Yuan dynasty. Please see an example in the British Museum (2022,3034.200), illustrated in: Rawson Jessica Carol Michaelson and British Museum Trustees. 1995. Chinese Jade : From the Neolithic to the Qing. London: British Museum Press, p. 340, cat.no.25.21; another larger plaque illustrated in: Jade : With Over 600 Photographs of Jades from Every Continent. 2010. London: Aquamarine an imprint of Anness Publishing, p. 134, fig. 15. Similar plaques adorned with similar carved and pierced decoration have been unearthed from tombs dating to the Yuan period in Jiangsu province. - LINKS: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2022-3034-200Click here to share:Request a condition report
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TWO CHINESE RETICULATED WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND LYCHEES' BELT PLAQUES Yuan - Ming Dynasty 元至明 白玉龍紋方形珮及荔枝紋帶板 The square framed white jade, carved and pierced, adorned with a vigorous three-clawed dragon reserved against a background amid leafy branches issuing five lychees, the reserve is unpolished and showing the structure very clearly, with six double holes for attachment; the other of similar design, with two lychees, the reserve is unpolished and showing the structure very clearly, with three double holes for attachment, 5.5cm wide; 5.1cm wide - PROVENANCE: Private Collection, UK 來源： 英國私人收藏 - NOTE: Prototypes similar to these plaques are found in metalwork dating to the Yuan dynasty. Please see an example in the British Museum (2022,3034.200), illustrated in: Rawson Jessica Carol Michaelson and British Museum Trustees. 1995. Chinese Jade : From the Neolithic to the Qing. London: British Museum Press, p. 340, cat.no.25.21; another larger plaque illustrated in: Jade : With Over 600 Photographs of Jades from Every Continent. 2010. London: Aquamarine an imprint of Anness Publishing, p. 134, fig. 15. Similar plaques adorned with similar carved and pierced decoration have been unearthed from tombs dating to the Yuan period in Jiangsu province. - LINKS: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2022-3034-200Click here to share:Request a condition report
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