Lot 2026
  • 2026

A WHITE JADE SQUARE PLAQUE WITH A MUSICIAN TANG DYNASTY

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 HKD
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Description

the translucent celadon green-tinged white jade carved in low-relief on a slightly concave surface on one side with a bearded foreign musician wearing a headband and boots seated on a mat, playing a paiban clapper drum, the reverse pierced with four pairs of apertures for attachment  

Literature

Hei-Chi, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 133. 

Condition

One of the corners has been chipped of and polished. On the backside a few of the holes have chips to the edges and there is a 1 cm section of nibbles on the edge.
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