Lot 3797. A white jade 'figure' plaque, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 5.8 cm., 2 1/4 in. Estimate 150,000 — 180,000 HKD. Lot sold 187,500 HKD (21,554 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's
the round plaque deftly carved in shallow relief to one side with an elderly man and a young boy seated outdoors drinking tea, the reverse inscribed with a four-line poem followed by an apocryphal signature Zigang, all below confronted stylised beasts, the translucent stone of an even white colour.
Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23rd October 2005, lot 499.
Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 07 Oct 2015
