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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED WHITE JADE
‘PRUNUS’ PEBBLE

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of irregular form, the pebble is carved in low relief with a single
blossoming prunus tree emerging from rocks on one side, incised
on the other side with an Imperial eight-line poem in praise of
prunus, followed by a Qianlong guisi cyclical date corresponding
to 1773, a seal reading Guxiang, ‘Fragrance of Antiquity’, and
another seal Taipu, ‘Unassuming’. The stone has a pale celadon
tinge, partially covered by a bright russet ‘skin’.
4 in. (10.1 cm.) long, box

HK$500,000-800,000 US$65,000-100,000

㶭Ḧ昮ⷅ╄ッ㠭剙炻ᶨ䓇㚦⮓㠭剙娑㔠椾ˤ捖䳁ẍ䰥㕁墥
⯙炻䂌刚㷚㝻炻ᶨ朊ẍ㷃⛘春㔯㈨㱽晽⇣㠭㧡䓇㕤䞛⼴炻㝅
⸡侩彋炻㠭剙䵣㓦炻㥳⚾℠晭炻晽⇣㳩㙊炻ㇻ䢐䳘兑烊ᶨ朊
昘⇣娑㔯烉ˬ䋞忶㣲⭞慶炻怬庽伭㮷㥖ˤ䰇楁恋婾㘿炻櫬⼙
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