Lot 113: SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE PLAQUES Late Qing Dynasty

SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE PLAQUES

Late Qing Dynasty

Comprising two
huang plaques of the same style, carved with neatly lined bosses and perforated at both ends, the stone stained orange-brown and black in areas; a small
huang of elongated shape, perforated on either end, the stone stained orange-brown; a plain
bi disc, the stone mottled russet and black; two
dao coins modeling after ancient bronze prototypes, the one with square opening carved with two archaistic characters, the reverse with symbols of sun and moon, the celadon stones mottled and stained in areas. (6)


2in to 4 1/4in (5.1cm to 10.8cm) long

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.







Minor surface pitting and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity. Old hairline crack to the
bi disc.

清末 仿古玉璜 玉璧 玉刀幣 共六件



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 18 December 1911

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日

大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今



The coin with square opening with two characters:
yi dao 一刀

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