A HARDSTONE-INLAID BROWN LACQUER PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of ruyi shape raised on four scrolled legs, the top inlaid with stained ivory, mother-of-pearl, soapstone, turquoise, lapis lazuli, agate, malachite, jade and tortoiseshell, depicting deer and cranes among a riverside landscape with distant pavilions and trees, all reserved on a brown lacquer ground with gilt borders, glazed

The plaque is in overall good condition. There are minor areas of loss/chips along the edges and the scrolling motifs of the ruyi-head. There are general age cracks and minor overpaint to the surface. Some of the inlays (such as the lapis lazuli and turquoise simulants) may have been later replacements.
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