QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A GROUP OF FIVE JADE AND ONE JADEITE ARCHER’S RINGS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Comprised of a white jade ring carved with figures in landscape; a white jade ring depicting a mythical animal; a russet jade ring carved with a chilong; a yellow jade ring carved with an archaistic dragon and phoenix separated by Qian and Long seals; a russet jade ring incised with an Imperial poem followed by a Qianlong yisi date and yuti mark, succeeded by the seal gupu; and an inscribed jadeite ring carved with a monk in an alcove.
The largest: 1 3/4 in. (3.5 cm.) diam., box

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Lot Essay

The poem carved on the russet jade ring was imposed by the Qianlong Emperor, titled ‘On an archaic yellow jade archer’s ring’, recorded in vol. 12 of Yuzhi shi yuji, ‘An Anthology of Imperial Poetry and Prose Composed by Gaozong of the Qing Period’.

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