£5,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 640
Auction: 14 May 2021 at 11:00 BST
金 白玉雕萱草花珮
carved on the domed surface in openwork with two symmetrical daylilies blossoming with three luscious leaves, with well-defined flower petals and veins of the leaves, the stone of pale white tone with some white spot inclusion, some metal corrosion stuck in between the concave parts on the back side
Provenance: Private English collection, acquired from UK market about 10 years ago; possibly sold to the UK market during the mid-20th century for earning foreign currency
Note: a closely comparable example, dated to the Jin dynasty, is in the collection of the National Museum of China