QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE MELON-FORM PEBBLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The pebble is smoothly carved in melon shape entwined with interlacing vines and serrated leaves. It is inscribed on one side with a poem, signed Chunhe Zhuren and followed by an oval seal which reads Chunhe. The stone is of an even white tone with concentrated areas of russet skin.
2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2010, lot 1838

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Lot Essay

Chunhe Zhuren, 'Dweller in Spring Harmony', is the hall name of Yunli (1697-1743), the seventeenth son of the Kangxi Emperor and a trusted younger brother of the Yongzheng Emperor who was known to have been an eminent calligrapher and painter.

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