A YELLOW JADE 'BOY AND BADGER' PLAQUE QING DYNASTY

of rectangular form framed by two addorsed kui dragons, carved in shallow relief, one side depicting a kneeling boy holding a pole entwined to a snake and suspending twin-fish below a stone chime, accompanied by a badger standing by his side, the reverse inscribed with a four-character seal jinou yonggu ('a gold goblet that remains unbreakable forever', a metaphor of an undefeatable nation) below addorsed dragons, the smoothly polished stone of even greenish-yellow colour

The plaque is in overall good condition. There is some original minuscule nibbling in the incised lines along the border frame.
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