White jade plaque ‘Poem and Characters’, Qing dynasty

Jade of an elegant milky-white colour, carved in the form of a fine traditional plaque. It has a rectangular profile with a trimmed rim of rounded edges. It is decorated on both sides with fine reliefs depicting, on the front side, a small scene of an old man watching two small children at play climbing a leafy tree, and on the back side a long poem. All framed by a beautiful frame adorned with curved ruyi clouds in the upper area. With a custom-made box. Qing dynasty (1644-1912) or later. 

Size: 6 x 0.7 x 4 cm

Weight: 50 g