Sotheby's, Sales N10336, Important Chinese Art, on Sep 23rd 2020, LOT662

A GRAYISH-CELADON JADE GUI TABLET
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 灰青玉雕趕珠龍紋圭璧
in the form of a bi disc set against a vertical shaft with a pointed tip, one side of the disc covered with raised bosses, the opposite side carved with a pair of dragons contesting a 'Flaming Pearl', the animals' bodies descending along the sides of the disc, their bifurcated tails forming openwork loops to either side of the tablet, a constellation at the center of the tablet, the stone a mottled pale gray-green tone with russet veins, wood stand

Height 9 in., 22.9 cmPROVENANCE:
Collection of Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918).American Art Association, New York, 27th January 1919, lot 188.Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.??Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) ????????????1919?1?27????188William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) ?????????

Over all in EXCELLENT condition.
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