M5576  

Set of six Chinese jade openwork belt plaques of peach form, each carved with a bird of paradise standing on pierced rockwork, beneath a large camellia bloom, amongst voluminous leaves and scrolling branches, all within a peach-shaped frame, the flat reverse with holes for attachment, the stone white.

2 1⁄4 inches, 5.7 cm long; 2 3⁄8 inches, 6 cm high.

Early Ming dynasty, 15th/16th century.