AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE PLAQUE LATE QING DYNASTY | 晚清 白玉「天中辟邪」珮

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AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE PLAQUE

LATE QING DYNASTY

晚清 白玉「天中辟邪」珮

carved to one side with the demon queller Zhong Kui and a flying bat, the reverse with four-character inscription reading tian zhong bi xie, the stone of an even white colour

Length 7.1 cm, 2¾ in.