CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

The inscription on the present jade scroll clasp refers to the Preface to the Strategy for the Pacification of the Zunghar Region, calligraphed by the Qianlong Emperor. For comparable examples, see an imperial inscribed white jade scroll clasp bearing a Qianlong yu shang mark, sold at Christie’s New York, 22–23 March 2012, lot 1876; and another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3319.