Fine Chinese White Jade Rectangular Pendant Plaque.
18th/19th C. The even translucent white stone carved with a bat and peach branch above clouds, the obverse with pines and gazebo by a mountain lake. (5x3.5cm)

PROVENANCE:
Estates Late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose company imported luxury European goods, and (with royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra.
Estimate $2,000-6,000