Lot 176: TWO OPENWORK JADE PLAQUES Late Qing Dynasty

TWO OPENWORK JADE PLAQUES

Late Qing Dynasty

Comprising a rectangular panel carved with a pair of confronting butterflies enclosed by a border with notched corners, the top end carved with a bat with its wings spread, the opposite end carved with a fruiting peach branch, the white stone tinted black in recessed areas; the circular panel finely carved with a dragon and a phoenix contending a leafy
lingzhi branch, the white stone mottled and stained brown in areas. (2)


Butterfly plaque: 3 1/8in (7.8cm) high;
Dragon and phoenix plaque: 2 1/8in (5.4cm) diam

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.







Overall in good condition. Minor surface pitting and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity. Nicks to edges.

清末 玲瓏玉牌 雙蝶福壽 龍鳳如意 共兩件



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 18 December 1911

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日

大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今

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