Lot Essay
The mark, Qianlong Yuwan, may be translated, "Qianlong Imperial treasure"
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT DEER
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A RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT DEER
QIANLONG YUWAN FOUR CHARACTER MARK IN RAISED CHARACTERS, AND OF THE PERIOD
Well carved with its legs tucked under the gently rounded body and its head curved around to the side, with a pair of four-pronged horns laid back on the neck and two bats on the rump, one spanning the top of the short tail, one head of the lingzhi fungus branch grasped in its mouth highlighted by a small area of russet coloring in the softly polished white stone, the mark carved in raised characters in a line following the gentle curve of the back--3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
QIANLONG YUWAN FOUR CHARACTER MARK IN RAISED CHARACTERS, AND OF THE PERIOD
Well carved with its legs tucked under the gently rounded body and its head curved around to the side, with a pair of four-pronged horns laid back on the neck and two bats on the rump, one spanning the top of the short tail, one head of the lingzhi fungus branch grasped in its mouth highlighted by a small area of russet coloring in the softly polished white stone, the mark carved in raised characters in a line following the gentle curve of the back--3¾in. (9.5cm.) long