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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED SPINACH JADE PLAQUE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED SPINACH JADE PLAQUE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The plaque is part of a jade book, and is carved and gilt-decorated on both sides in running script with an excerpt from a Qianlong imperial poem titled Si shi lun, 'Treatise on Four Poems'. The ‘Treatise on Four Poems’ was composed in the 55th year of the Qianlong reign (1791) to commemorate the Emperor’s eightieth birthday.
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high, wood stand
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The plaque is part of a jade book, and is carved and gilt-decorated on both sides in running script with an excerpt from a Qianlong imperial poem titled Si shi lun, 'Treatise on Four Poems'. The ‘Treatise on Four Poems’ was composed in the 55th year of the Qianlong reign (1791) to commemorate the Emperor’s eightieth birthday.
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, formed during the 1950s and 1960s
Brought to you by
Ruben Lien