AN IMPERIAL WHITE JADE CARVED THUMB RING

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AN IMPERIAL WHITE JADE CARVED THUMB RING
JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The translucent even white stone carved as a thumb ring, one end rounded, the other tapered, the surface carved in low relief with the four characters Jiaqing Yuwan, which may be translated as 'An Imperial Plaything of (the) Jiaqing (Emperor)', each within one of four circular medallions surrounded by compressed petals and reserved on a tight C-scroll ground--1¼in. (3.1cm.) diam.

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