A WHITE JADE 'QILIN' PLAQUE 19TH / 20TH CENTURY

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 HKD

bidding is closed

Description

jade

of rounded rectangular form crested with kui dragons, one side carved with an immortal riding on a qilin, the reverse with a four-character inscription in standard script between a bat and a lingzhi

Provenance

Acquired in the early 1990s from Frank H. Crane, 'The Hundred Antiques', Stirling, Ontario