A white jade 'lion' plaque, Tang dynasty | 唐 白玉瑞獅珮
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December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
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A white jade 'lion' plaque, Tang dynasty
唐 白玉瑞獅珮
depicting a crouching lion in well modelled relief, a vertical hole running through the back the to the chest of the animal, the stone of a pearly white tone
Length 4.5 cm, 1¾ in.
Chung Wah Pui, Hong Kong, 27th October 1993.
鍾華培，香港，1993年10月27日
British Museum, London, on loan, 2002.
大英博物館，倫敦，借展，2002年
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 25:4.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版25:4