TWO JADE OVAL PLAQUES 18th/19th century (2)A London private collection of jade carvings and Chinese works of art, lots 1-104TWO JADE OVAL PLAQUES18th/19th centuryThe larger white jade plaque finely carved to depict a hu vase filled flowering prunus branches, beside lingzhi fungus and bamboo leaves, mounted with a wood back; the smaller pale green jade plaque deeply carved with a vase filled with flowers supported on a rock above waves and clouds, mounted into a European silver box decorated with acanthus scroll and a heraldic crest.The largest: 12cm (4 3/4in) long (2).Provenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.