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A WHITE JADE CYLINDRICAL SUTRA CONTAINER
QIANLONG CYCLICAL DATE BING CHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1736 AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD

The container with a loose cover, the sides finely incised with a fourteen line sutra, the stone of even tone with fibrous inclusions
2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) long, box

Lot Essay

The text is from the Po Luo Mi Duo, or in Sanskrit Paramita, sutra, and expounds on moral and intellectual perfection.

Previously sold in these Rooms, 30 October 1995, lot 937.

(US$7,000-8,000)

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