A CELADON BROWN JADE PLAQUE MING DYNASTY | 明 褐斑青玉牌飾

ARCHAIC AND ARCHAISTIC JADES FROM THE MICHAEL GULBENKIAN COLLECTION

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A CELADON BROWN JADE PLAQUE

MING DYNASTY

明 褐斑青玉牌飾

of slightly curved form, carved to the front face with four stylised phoenixes, the reverse incised with similar decoration, the stone veined in dark-brown, the stone of a brownish celadon tone with dark brown inclusions

Length 6.4 cm, 2½ in.