QIANLONG INCISED YU SHANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE SCROLL CLASP
QIANLONG INCISED YU SHANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The convex side is carved in low relief with an archaistic bird's head above keyfret scroll on the longer tab, and the shorter tab undecorated and carved with a narrow slit. The concave reverse is carved with the four-character mark above an eight-character inscription with faint traces of gilding. The translucent stone is of white tone and finely polished.
3 1/8 in. (8.1 cm.) long

Provenance

The Walter Hochstadter collection, and thence by descent to the present owner

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Lot Essay

The mark, Qianlong yu shang (for the appreciation of Qianlong), preceedes the inscription Ren Renfa, Wu wang zui gui tu, which refers to the painting Five Drunken Kings Return on Horses by Ren Renfa (1255-1327). This painting was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2009, lot 815.

Compare, also, a similar imperial inscribed white jade scroll clasp, which also bears a Qianlong yu shang mark, sold at Christie's New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1876.

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