Lot 13 明 子岡款 白玉⌈螭龍•梅花⌋牌 及盒 | A WHITE JADE 'CHI-DRAGON AND PLUM BLOSSOM' PLAQUE

明 子岡款 白玉⌈螭龍•梅花⌋牌 及盒 | A WHITE JADE 'CHI-DRAGON AND PLUM BLOSSOM' PLAQUE

Incised mark Zigang, Ming Dynasty

AUD 8,000

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Incised mark Zigang, Ming Dynasty
with a box, 4.3cm long, 18g
Footnotes
Provenance:
Huang Musong (1884-1937)(by repute, accompanied by a scanned copy of the portrait of Huang)
Mr Zaizhi, gifted from the above (by repute, the dedicated of the accompanying photograph)
明 子岡款 白玉⌈螭龍•梅花⌋牌 及盒
傳承：
黃慕松（1884-1937）（擬，附黃舊照掃描）
載之先生（擬，附照上款）
Compare with a similar plaque excavated in a Ming tomb near Shanghai, though not marked, see Shanghai Museum, accessed here. Similar to the current lot, the ground of the carving is left slightly rough, and not polished, the Museum website notes that it is quite rare.
Huang Musong was a military commander and politician of the late Qing and early Republic Period. After the 13th Dalai Lama died in Dec 1933, Huang was appointed Special Envoy to offer sacrifices to the late Dalai Lama in Jan 1934 (the 23rd year of the Republic). In Aug 1934 he travelled to the Potala Palace to perform the memorial rites, and he conferred on the 13th Dalai Lama the posthumous title 'Hu Guo Hong Fa Pu Ci Yuan Jue Da Shi' (Great Master of Universal Compassion and Perfect Enlightenment, Protector of the Nation and Propagator of the Dharma). In Mar 1935 he was appointed Chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission. The accompanying scanned photograph is inscribed by Huang: 'A photograph taken on the journey into Tibet as envoy, dressed in lama's robes. For Mr Zaizhi to keep, respectfully presented by Huang Musong. The 24th year of the Republic [1935].'
比較上海寶山明墓出土、現藏上海博物館之相類牌飾，惟無款識，詳見。與本拍品相同，其雕工「間隙処作毛地」，該館官網指出此種做法頗為罕見。
黃慕松，清末民初軍事將領、政治家。1933年12月，十三世達賴喇嘛圓寂。1934年（民國23年）1月，黃慕松被任命為致祭達賴專使。1934年8月赴西藏拉薩布達拉宮致祭，並追封十三世達賴喇嘛「護國弘法普慈圓覺大師」。1935年3月，被任命為蒙藏委員會委員長。留影中黃自署：⌈奉使入藏在途中著喇嘛服裝之撮影。載之先生惠存，黃慕松敬贈。民國廿四年。⌋
留影上款⌈載之先生⌋，雖確切資料甚少，于右任書法中有一二亦以其上款，或爲同一人。