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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A YELLOW JADE CAMEL-FORM PENDANT
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
The stone is well carved in the round as a camel with its legs
tucked under its body and a rounded head with pricked-back
ears, with a circular aperture drilled between the humps to the
underside. The material is of a soft, chestnut yellow tone with
concentrated areas of russet and streaks.
2 ⅜ in. (6 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000

宋 黃玉駱駝珮

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AN IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED WHITE JADE
ARCHER’S RING
QIANLONG YUTI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ring is carved in the form of an archaic archer’s ring made
of a bone segment, and incised on the exterior with an Imperial
poem composed by the Emperor Qianlong titled Praising The
Archer’s Ring in 1760, followed by two seals, Qian and Long.
1 3/16 in. (3 cm.) high, tasseled and embroidered silk pouch
HK$350,000-550,000 US$46,000-71,000
The poem inscribed on the archer’s ring is recorded in Qing Gaozong
Yuzhishi (Imperial Poems of the Qianlong Emperor), vol. 2, juan 88, p. 23.

清乾隆 白玉御題詩韘

韘周身陰刻乾隆二十四年御題楷書詩文《詠玉韘》：「廉貞質資古，溫
潤製依今。闓體恒隨手，剖微在正心。藝惟重繩武志，志詎為從禽，三
複車攻什，淺言義寓深。乾隆御題。」「乾」、「隆」印。該首詩收錄
於《高宗御製詩》二集，卷八十八，頁二十三。

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