(2) Elaborately Carved Chinese Jade Disc Plaques on Elaborate Carved Rosewood Stands. Left featuring a central Chinese character for "Fu" (good fortune) surrounded by swirling dragon motifs; right is an intricate openwork disc made of the same green material, depicting a highly detailed, sculpted dragon weaving through stylized clouds.

Size: 2 x 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.

Chinese jade carved plates are refined decorative objects that showcase the exceptional skill and symbolic language of jade craftsmanship developed over millennia. Carved from nephrite or, later, jadeite, these plates often feature low-relief motifs such as dragons, phoenixes, lotus flowers, scholar’s symbols, or auspicious inscriptions, with designs carefully adapted to the stone’s natural color variations. More ceremonial or scholarly than utilitarian, jade plates embodied ideals of purity, moral virtue, and status, as jade was closely associated with Confucian values and elite culture. Their cool translucence, smooth polish, and restrained elegance made them prized display pieces, reflecting both technical mastery and the cultural reverence for jade as a material imbued with spiritual and ethical meaning.

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