AN EXQUISITE RETICULATED WHITE JADE PLAQUE SONG DYNASTY |

of rectangular section, skilfully worked in high relief and openwork, depicting in the centre a female immortal dressed in long flowing robes with a mandorla around her head, beside a female attendant carrying a tray of offerings on one side, and a deer and a crane on the other, all under an overhanging pine tree before pierced rockwork, the smoothly polished stone of an even white tone with faint russet veins