A RETICULATED CELADON JADE 'CRANE AND LOTUS' PLAQUE JIN / YUAN DYNASTY

worked and reticulated with two cranes amidst undulating lotus stems issuing a lotus pad and blossom, the reverse reticulated with further meandering stems, the stone of a pale celadon colour with faint russet inclusions

Collection of John Fell Ruckman (1901-1965), Pennsylvania.
Collection of Charles V. Swain, thence by descent.

The plaque is generally in good condition. There is some expected occasional nibbling or minor nicks along the edge of the carving including a shallow chip approx. 0.5 cm to the interior of the rounded frame on the underside (possibly original). The actual colour is somewhat warmer and more tinged to celadon when compared to the catalogue photo.
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Compare a reticulated plaque in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in China at the Inception of the Second Millennium: Art and Culture of the Sung Dynasty, 960-1279, Taipei, 2000, cat. no. V-11.