A WELL-CARVED GREENISH-WHITE JADE CIRCULAR PLAQUE

Lot 1232
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 25 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 718853
Lot 1232 | A WELL-CARVED GREENISH-WHITE JADE CIRCULAR PLAQUE
Estimate value
$ 25 000 – 35 000
A WELL-CARVED GREENISH-WHITE JADE CIRCULAR PLAQUE

18TH CENTURY

The plaque is carved in relief on one side with Bodhidharma balancing on a reed above stylized waves, with his left hand holding a book and his right clutching a crescent-shaped staff, all below ruyi-form clouds. The reverse is inscribed in the center with an excerpt from a Zen Buddhist sutra encircled by a twenty-character phrase pertaining to death and reincarnation.

4 5⁄16 in. (11 cm.) diam., zitan stand, brocade box







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Acquired in New York, 1980s.
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