A WHITE JADE PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

carved in shallow relief with a mountain landscape scene depicting two scholars both holding staffs on a path leading to a courtyard terrace, below tall pine trees and jagged mountain peaks with clouds swirls above, with a large vase filled with lingzhi fungus sprigs at the edge of the terrace, the reverse with a similar precipitous mountain landscape enclosing a deer bounding down a path below tall pine trees, the stone of a pale celadon tone with golden-brown and opaque inclusions  

There are nibbles to the edges of the plaque, but otherwise the piece is in good condition overall.
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