Lot 231. A celadon brown jade plaque, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Length 6.4 cm, 2½ in. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 6,875 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's.

of slightly curved form, carved to the front face with four stylised phoenixes, the reverse incised with similar decoration, the stone veined in dark-brown, the stone of a brownish celadon tone with dark brown inclusions. 

Archaic and archaistic jades from the Michael Gulbenkian Collection.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 06 Nov 2019