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Carved with a dragon amidst swirling clouds, all within a beaded overall border, small nicks to edge of border
Openwork Oval Plaque
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Openwork Oval Plaque

Artist Chinese Artist
Date18th century or later
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumJade
Dimensions4 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 7/16 in. (10.3 x 4.1 x 1.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.33
Collections
Visual DescriptionCarved with a dragon amidst swirling clouds, all within a beaded overall border, small nicks to edge of border
Carved with grain pattern
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Cicada
Chinese Artist
Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE)
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Chinese Artist
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Chinese Artist
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
An oval white nephrite plaque, finely cut and pierced with a design of a long-tailed bird with half opened wings and crested head, perched amid the branches of a flowering leafy tree. With a later elaborate wood stand.
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Chinese Artist
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Carved from a light green jade with black inclusions, both sides of the disc are divided into two finely executed concentric decor zones. The inner band contains a grid of low relief curls within elevated hexagonal units, bordered by three "Bucraniums" that embellish the outer band. They stylized dragon forms are fluidly shaped from thick and thin incisions in a curvilinear pattern and separated by incised double brackets. Consistent with the practice of the time, cinnabar was applied to enhance…
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Chinese Artist
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Green plaque with small chip in corner.
Plaque
Chinese Artist
20th century
A fine and rare cast and chased parcel-gilt bronze incense tool vase, supported on a low foot rim, the body and slender neck decorate din gilded low relief with dragon amid clouds above a carp swimming amidst crested waves on a ring-punched ground. The underside of the recessed foot with a chiseled four-character mark in rounded seal script hu wen ming zhi (made by Hu Wenming) in a square gilded reserve.
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Hu Wenming
17th century
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possibly Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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Chinese Artist
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Hook carved on top with a dragon, with dragon-head hook.
Garment Hook
Chinese Artist
18th century

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