A WHITE JADE `BUTTERFLY’ PLAQUE

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23.09.2022 08:30UTC -04:00
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ID 807601
Lot 752 | A WHITE JADE 'BUTTERFLY’ PLAQUE
A WHITE JADE 'BUTTERFLY’ PLAQUE

18TH CENTURY

The plaque is carved as a stylized butterfly with spread wings and its body superimposed with a sprig of lingzhi. The stone is of even tone.

2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) wide





Provenance

Ormonde Gallery, London, 7 December 1992.





Literature

J. Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London, 1993, no. 41.



Exhibited

Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1994-2022.

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