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QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'PINE AND DEER' WRIST REST
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The wrist rest is modelled naturalistically as a large pine tree with gnarled branches, depicting a deer standing on a rock to one side, looking up towards a bat flying above, and a lingzhi branch to the opposite side. The reverse is carved with a further bat in flight, with a four-character Qianlong seal mark reading Qianlong nian zhi to the bottom right. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale tone with minor snowy flecks.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The wrist rest is modelled naturalistically as a large pine tree with gnarled branches, depicting a deer standing on a rock to one side, looking up towards a bat flying above, and a lingzhi branch to the opposite side. The reverse is carved with a further bat in flight, with a four-character Qianlong seal mark reading Qianlong nian zhi to the bottom right. The semi-translucent stone is of a pale tone with minor snowy flecks.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long
Provenance
With Hugh Moss, 1969.
A private English collection; Sotheby's London, 16 May 2007, lot 64.
A private English collection; Sotheby's London, 16 May 2007, lot 64.
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