A PALE-CELADON JADE RETICULATED 'DRAGON' BELT PLAQUE MING DYNASTY

of peach-shaped outline, carved with a sinuous left-facing dragon surrounded by scrolling foliage, superimposed on a ground of scrolling vines, the translucent stone with light gray pinpoint inclusions

There are minor nicks along the edges, and an approximately 1 in. (2.5 cm) section of the left edge on the underside has been polished. The plaque is not even in thickness.
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Ming dynasty belts were often fitted with twenty plaques, of which six would be peach-shaped like the present lot. A complete set of belt plaques with a similar design, from the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, no. 166.