A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE ARCHER'S RING

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A FINE AND RARE WHITE JADE ARCHER'S RING
QIANLONG

The thumb ring inscribed with four auspicious characters ji xiang ru yi, "good fortune as one wishes", intricately carved within medallions and encircled by a ring of studs, all divided by ruyi sceptres, the stone of an even white tone
1 in. (2.5 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. a white jade ruyi from the National Palace Museum, Taibei, with the same auspicious greeting carved on the handle, illustrated in Auspicious Ju-I Sceptres of China, 1995, pl. 28.

(US$6,500-9,000)

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