SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE PLAQUES
Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising two huang plaques of the same style, carved with neatly lined bosses and perforated at both ends, the stone stained orange-brown and black in areas; a small huang of elongated shape, perforated on either end, the stone stained orange-brown; a plain bi disc, the stone mottled russet and black; two dao coins modeling after ancient bronze prototypes, the one with square opening carved with two archaistic characters, the reverse with symbols of sun and moon, the celadon stones mottled and stained in areas. (6)
2in to 4 1/4in (5.1cm to 10.8cm) long
Footnotes:
清末 仿古玉璜 玉璧 玉刀幣 共六件

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Provenance:
Yamanaka & Company, New York
Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 18 December 1911
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911-present

來源：
紐約山中商會
Samuel T. Peters 贈，1911 年 12 月 18 日
大都會藝術博物館，1911 年迄今

The coin with square opening with two characters: yi dao 一刀
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤
¤ Without reserve

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.



Minor surface pitting and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity. Old hairline crack to the bi disc.