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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A GREYISH-CELADON JADE INSET ZITAN RUYI
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each of the three jade plaques is delicately carved and pierced with a bird in flight amidst floral sprays, set into a zitan shaft carved in relief depicting boys at play in a continuous landscape. The reverse is accompanied by an apocryphal imperial inscription. The jades are of a greyish-celadon tone with minor russet and brown inclusions.
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) long
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each of the three jade plaques is delicately carved and pierced with a bird in flight amidst floral sprays, set into a zitan shaft carved in relief depicting boys at play in a continuous landscape. The reverse is accompanied by an apocryphal imperial inscription. The jades are of a greyish-celadon tone with minor russet and brown inclusions.
17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Rev. Jonathan Lees of the London Missionary Society, served between 1862-1900
Brought to you by
Ruben Lien
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