The white nephrite jade flowers I show today are among my favourites and hail from
Shanxi Province China. Because of their rather large size I conjecture that they may have been used as hair accessories rather than as buttons and date from about the Ming to
Qing period. Some gorgeous examples of antique hairpins may be seen in the tv series Story of
Yanxi Palace set in the era of the emperor
Qianlong. But my flowers are a bit more modest 😇
The first flower has six petals and a central corona and one pierced hole
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| 6 petal rosette with central corona |
The next flower has more elaborately decorated petals and a double hole in the centre.
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| Petals are elaborate |
Next to be shown is a multi scalloped mutton white piece with double holes on the reverse.
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| Mutton white jade flower |
Rounding up are 6 smaller jade flowers in various shapes and designs. All are from Ming-Qing dynasty.
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| Smaller jade flowers |
