A WHITE JADE 'BOY ON RAFT' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of circular form, one side finely depicted with a boy steering a raft fashioned from gnarled branches and a crane resting beside him, a flowering peony bough on the reverse, all within a border of cloud scrolls and pierced at the top, the stone of even white colour

Collection of Raymond Bushell (1910-98).
The Greenfield Collection.
Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2005, lot 1537.

The plaque is in overall good condition with just occasional expected minor surface wear and minute nicks to the extremities such as the edge of the plaque. The catalogue illustration is a tinge brighter than the actual colour of the stone.
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