A White Jade Rectangular 'Landscape' Plaque

18TH/19TH CENTURY

清中期白玉子岡牌
the icy translucent stone shaped with chamfered corners and the long sides with a slight indent, all anchored beneath symmetrical clouds, pierced to the center with a singular aperture. One side carved with an evocative scene showing a scholar looking past towering pines towards sheer mountain faces, the other with a line of verse.

Height 2 3/16 in., 5.5 cm.

Property from the Collection of Karen Lee, Georgia

In good condition with very minor cloudy inclusions.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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A White Jade Rectangular 'Landscape' Plaque

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