YELLOW JADE INSCRIBED 'CRAB AND GRAIN' PLAQUE
QING DYNASTY OR LATER
£5,544
Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
清或以後 黃玉雕荷塘蟹圖御製詩玉片
carved on one side with reed growing out and covering the pond, whilst a crab rests on a large lotus leaf floating above the wavy water, the reverse carved with a corresponding Imperial poem, the celadon stone of yellowish hue with russet inclusions
Dimensions
8.9cm high x 12cm wide
Provenance
Private English collection, London