A CHINESE JADE PLAQUE

A CHINESE JADE PLAQUE, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD carved with a shou character and four surrounding auspicious emblems, including carp, 7.5 x 9.5cm, mounted in the cover of a Chinese engraved brass box, 12cm wProvenance: Major-General Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Bt., CB, CMG, DSO (1876-1963) by whom and his wife presented to a friend and his wife on their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1938; re-presented by the recipient's daughter in 1958 (following her parent's death) to Sir Hereward's sister, the distinguished historian Miss Joan Wake, CBE, FSA, FR Hist S (1884-1974); Christopher Guy Vere Davidge, OBE, DL (1929-2014) (sold with related correspondence)