A RETICULATED CELADON JADE 'BIRD AND FLOWER' PLAQUE AND A RETICULATED WHITE JADE 'MAGPIE AND PRUNUS' PLAQUE MING AND QING DYNASTY

the first worked with a rectangular frame enclosing a large floral bloom flanked by two birds and wreathed by dense foliage, the stone of a pale celadon colour; the second of circular form, the white stone reticulated with a magpie perched on a gnarled branch bearing prunus blossoms

Both plaques are in overall good condition with just minute expected nicks to the edges and fragile extremities, including one reverse corner of the rectangular plaque, and a branch and the tip of one bloom of the circular plaque.
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