M5479
£4,850
Description
A Chinese white jade peach-shaped openwork pierced belt plaque, intricately carved with an open mouth dragon in a lozenge shape frame amongst scrolls and branches, the scales of the dragon minutely incised, all within a peach-shaped flat edge border.
1 15/16 inches, 5 cm wide.
Wanli, 1573- 1619.
Wood stand.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From an American private collection.
- A complete belt consisting of nineteen plaques of which six are very similar to the above piece, in the Qing Court collection is illustrated by Zhou Nan-quan in Jadeware (II) – The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Vol. 41, no. 166, pp. 204/5, where it is also dated to the Wanli period.
Condition
The underside edge small polished, natural inclusions.
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