23. PLAQUE EN JADE BLANC SCULPTÉ ET AJOURÉ XVIIIe siècle A WHITE JADE PLAQUE 18th century Finely carved and pierced with a musical chime and endless knot framing a central double gourd inscribed on each side with two characters ji xiang and ruyi, flanked by a pair of bird at the top and a pair of carp at the bottom, the stone a very pale colour. 7cm (2 3/4in) high. 十八世紀 白玉鏤雕吉祥如意牌 Provenance: Acquired in China in the late 19th century and thence by descent in the family to the current owner 來源： 於十九世紀末得自中國，後經家族流傳至現藏家