QIANLONG, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE CYCLICAL RENCHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1772, AND OF THE PERIOD

The reverse of the current jade plaque is inscribed with the poem Kaitai Shuo. This poem is also found on a painting of three rams by the Qianlong Emperor, preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Jian Songcun, 'Sanyang Kaitai Da Jixiang', The National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, 1991, p. 18.