QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

TWO FINELY CARVED CHINESE WHITE JADE PLAQUES IN GILT-METAL MOUNTS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The even white stone is carved on one plaque with a sinuous forward facing dragon above a flaming pearl and on the other an elephant surrounded by lotus blossoms.
5 1/4 and 5 1/8 in. (13.3 and 13 cm.) high each

A Private California Collection.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 September 1996, lot 66.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Conditions of sale

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