Lot 1434
1434
A RARE PALE CELADON JADE IMPERIALLY-INSCRIBED 'THREE RAMS' PLAQUE
A RARE PALE CELADON JADE IMPERIALLY-INSCRIBED 'THREE RAMS' PLAQUE
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A RARE PALE CELADON JADE IMPERIALLY-INSCRIBED 'THREE RAMS' PLAQUE

QIANLONG, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE CYCLICAL RENCHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1772, AND OF THE PERIOD

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A RARE PALE CELADON JADE IMPERIALLY-INSCRIBED 'THREE RAMS' PLAQUE
QIANLONG, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE CYCLICAL RENCHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1772, AND OF THE PERIOD
The reverse is incised with an imperial poem, followed by a cyclical date in the first month of the renchen year (1772), followed by two seals. The stone is of a pale celadon tone with russet inclusions.
2 3⁄8 in. (6.1 cm.) wide
Provenance
Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963) Collection

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Lot Essay

The reverse of the current jade plaque is inscribed with the poem Kaitai Shuo. This poem is also found on a painting of three rams by the Qianlong Emperor, preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Jian Songcun, 'Sanyang Kaitai Da Jixiang', The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, 1991, p. 18.

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