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Lot Essay
The verses, composed by the Qianlong Emperor, record the pacification of the frontier borders under the successful leadership of military leader Fu Kangan (? - 1790) who was a bordered yellow bannersman.
cf. Zhongguo Lishi Renming Da Cidian, A Biographical Dictionary of Historical Chinese Dignitaries, Shanghai guji chubanshe, 1999, part II, p. 2435. Fu was also the wealthy nephew of Qianlong's Consort : Empress Xiaoxianchun.
For two other imperial jade books inscribed by Emperor Qianlong, see Treasures from Nanjing University, pls.146-147. The one illustrated on pl.146 comprises six rectangular jade plaques, the first one gilt-painted with dragons, the second to the sixth plaques with gilt-painted poetic inscriptions from Emperor Qianlong. The one on pl.147 also comprises six plaques of black jade with gilt-painted inscriptions from Emperor Qianlong
Gilt-painted jade books are unusual. A Qianlong painted jade book was sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 September 2004, lot 53. It was related to another example in the Chester Beatty Library and illustrated in William Watson, Chinese Jade Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin 1953, pls. 6-7
cf. Zhongguo Lishi Renming Da Cidian, A Biographical Dictionary of Historical Chinese Dignitaries, Shanghai guji chubanshe, 1999, part II, p. 2435. Fu was also the wealthy nephew of Qianlong's Consort : Empress Xiaoxianchun.
For two other imperial jade books inscribed by Emperor Qianlong, see Treasures from Nanjing University, pls.146-147. The one illustrated on pl.146 comprises six rectangular jade plaques, the first one gilt-painted with dragons, the second to the sixth plaques with gilt-painted poetic inscriptions from Emperor Qianlong. The one on pl.147 also comprises six plaques of black jade with gilt-painted inscriptions from Emperor Qianlong
Gilt-painted jade books are unusual. A Qianlong painted jade book was sold at Sotheby's New York, 22 September 2004, lot 53. It was related to another example in the Chester Beatty Library and illustrated in William Watson, Chinese Jade Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin 1953, pls. 6-7