V FINE ANTIQUE CHINESE 16TH / 17TH C MING CARVED JADEITE JADE BUCKLE / PLAQUE NR
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THIS ITEM WILL BE POSTED FROM THE U.K. Double your traffic. V FINE ANTIQUE CHINESE 16TH / 17TH C MING CARVED JADEITE JADE BUCKLE / PLAQUE NR I will be selling a large number of interesting antiques including Tribal art, Chinese, Japanese, and European antiques. It is likely that I will be selling over two days so please check again on FRIDAY as there will probably be more pieces for salw. PLEASE NOTE: This auction is in GB Pounds Sterling. This is one of many antique Chinese carved jade pieces I am selling this week so please vew all my other auctions. This is an early carved jadeite (genuine, no doubt) plaque, probably once a belt fitting or buckle of some sort which I would date to the Ming dynasty from the style of the carving and the general all round wear and feel of the stone. The stone itself has a good ice white / very pale green colour with bright apple highlights and a slight russet vein all of which has been used to great effect in the carving itself - the branch of the tree follows the russet inclusion and the carved leaves are fullest where the apple green colour is strongest to the reverse there is a simple stylised cloud swirl once again following the russet markings. This piece came from a small private collection in the UK with the three celadon & white jade figures I am selling, all of which I am selling in separate
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