QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The inscription on the current lot is an imperial poem composed by the Qianlong Emperor, recorded in the second volume of his published poems, entitled ‘Yong Yu She’ (In Praise of A Jade Ring); see Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji (4), The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1976, juan 73, no. 11.
Compare the inscription of the present archer's ring to another imperial inscribed mottled jade archer's ring of the same period sold at Christie's London, 9 November 2010, lot 173.