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A RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'LINGZHI' PENDANT
PLAQUE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The plaque is exquisitely carved in relief on one side with a baluster vase-
shaped panel, depicting a large cluster of lingzhi, with the ridges of the fungus
fnely detailed. The reverse is carved with a 'fu' character in a roundel above the
auspicious saying 'tianbao jiuru' in seal script. The panel is surmounted by ruyi
heads and scrolls. The stone is of an even white tone.
2⅝ in. (6.5 cm.) long
£35,000-45,000 US$47,000-59,000
€41,000-52,000
PROVENANCE:
The Dizang Studio Collection, Taipei, acquired before 1999 in Hong Kong.
The four-character inscription refers to the Tianbao chapter in the Book of
Odes, where it includes the jiu ru (the 'Nine Similitudes'), a felicitous wish.
The nine wishes are: 'May you be as the mountains and the hills, as the
greater and the lesser heights, as all directions, having the constancy of the
moon, like the rising sun, with the longevity of the southern mountain, and
the green luxuriance of the fr and the cypress.'

清乾隆 白玉靈芝紋「天保九如」葫蘆形牌

來源: 地藏山房珍藏，台北，於1999年前購自香港

(reverse)
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