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A celadon jade plaque
18th CenturyA circular form plaque, carved in low relief, one side with three rams, reversed with an inscription in seal script reading San Yang Kai Tai, referencing the obverse, the terminal head with clouds and a pierced opening. 2in (5cm) high
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十八世紀 三羊開泰青玉牌For a plaque of this type with a depiction to one side and an explanatory seal inscription to the other extolling the virtues of the scene depicted, see Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, London, 1995, pp. 346-347, no. 25:34 (front and back).Three rams or goats (sanyang) together with a rising sun (taiyang) form the rebus 'three young beget prosperity' or Prosperity in the springtime' (sanyang kaitai).
