A SMALL GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC PENDANT,
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
the pendant is carved in openwork as three chilong clambering around the sides and on the convex top of a bi carved on the flat reverse with three water buffalo masks. The semi-translucent stone has some dark mottling. A Qianlong four-character mark in seal script is inscribed on the outer edge of the tail of one of the chilong
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) wide
A SMALL GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC PENDANT,
18TH/19TH CENTURY,
the pendant is carved in openwork as three chilong clambering around the sides and on the convex top of a bi carved on the flat reverse with three water buffalo masks. The semi-translucent stone has some dark mottling. A Qianlong four-character mark in seal script is inscribed on the outer edge of the tail of one of the chilong
2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) wide
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