A WHITE JADE PEACH-SHAPED OPENWORK PIERCED BELT PLAQUE WANLI...

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A WHITE JADE PEACH-SHAPED OPENWORK PIERCED BELT PLAQUE
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
白玉镂雕摆件万历 1573-1619
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. Wood Stand.
5cm wide

PROVENANCE: From an American Private Collection.

NOTE: 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.