A FINELY CARVED IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC PLAQUE
A FINELY CARVED IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC PLAQUE

QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINELY CARVED IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC PLAQUE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Well carved and pierced with a pair of dragons confronted beneath a ruyi head scroll as they stand atop a bi disc enclosing two pairs of phoenixes flanking the characters chang yi zi zun (blessings for future generations) incorporated into the openwork design, the outer edge inscribed on one side, Qianlong nianzhi, and on the the other side, Renzi qu shi jiu hao, the stone of white tone with faint grey inclusions
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Renzi qu shi jiu hao is an inventory number corresponding to no. 79.

Compare the flawless white jade plaque of the same form and design, inscribed with the same reign mark, and similarly numbered, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware, vol. III, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 127.

Compare, also, the jade plaque with imperial mark and series number from the Oscar Raphael Collection, now in the Fitzwilliam Collection, Cambridge, England, and illustrated by James C.S. Lin, "The Collection of Qing Dynasty Jades in the Fitzwilliam Collection", Arts of Asia Magazine, May-June 2010, pp. 111-124, no. 14. Another similar plaque was included in the S. Marchant & Son exhibition, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, June 1995, no. 51. See, also, the very similar plaque sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 27 April 2003, lot 3.

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