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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION 㖍㛔䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻℞⺢䩳㕤1950⸜ẋ军1960⸜ẋ
3166 㛔Ⅎ枩ᶲᷳ所㔯䭨抬冒Ḧ昮Ḽ⋩Ḽ⸜ℓ㖔叔⢨䚃℠⌟⚃ᷕᷳ
⽉墥娑ˬ⚃娑婾˭ˤ
AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED SPINACH-GREEN
JADE PLAQUE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The plaque is part of a jade book, and is carved and gilt-decorated
on both sides in running script with an excerpt from a Qianlong
imperial poem titled Si shi lun, ‘Treatise on Four Poems’.
7 ¬ in. (19.4 cm.) high, wood stand, Japanese wood box
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection, formed during the 1950s and 1960s
The ‘Treatise on Four Poems’ was composed in the 55th year of
the Qianlong reign (1791) to commemorate the Emperor’s eightieth
birthday.
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