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AN IMPERIALLY-INSCRIBED WHITE JADE ARCHER’S RING
QIANLONG INCISED YUTI MARK AND DATED JIAWU YEAR,
CORRESPONDING TO 1774, AND OF THE PERIOD
The ring is incised to the exterior with a four-character inscription reading
‘qing jing wu wei’ and two lines from the poem ‘Climbing the Leyou mountains
before departing for Wuxing’ by the Tang poet Du Mu. The inscription is dated
mid-spring of jiawu year. The jade is of an even white tone.
1º in. (3.1 cm.) diam.
£8,000-12,000 $12,000-17,000
€9,200-14,000
The inscription qing jing wu wei is an important phrase which is key to
fundamental Daoist principles. This can be translated as ‘quiet and pure,
discarding all desires from one’s mind’.
清乾隆1774年 白玉御題「清靜無為」扳指
「乾隆甲午仲春御題」楷書刻款
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