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A SUPERB IMPERIAL JADE ‘JIEDETANG JI’ 清乾隆 青玉「御製戒得堂記」冊
ALBUM
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
comprising four rectangular jade plaques of translucent
celadon-white colour with faint inclusions between zitan
covers of dark reddish-brown colour, the front cover carved
with a raised vertical rectangular cartouche to imitate a label,
enclosing an incised six-character inscription filled in with gilt
reading Yuzhi Jiedetang Ji, surrounded by a luxuriant scene
of floral buds and blooms borne on gnarled leafy branches,
all issuing from jagged rockwork forming the lower border
of the cover, the back cover similarly decorated with a lush
floral and foliate scene, each wooden panel framed with
a raised border, the front side of the first jade plaque gilt-
decorated with a pair of sinuous dragons flanking a central
rectangular cartouche enclosing Yuzhi Jiedetang Ji, all
above crashing waves and jagged rockwork, the reverse and
following six sides incised with an inscription by the Qianlong
Emperor drawing on the Three Precepts of Confucius, the
concluding page with a further dragon soaring amidst ruyi
clouds and chasing a flaming pearl above tempestuous
waves and jagged rockwork, all mounted in a bright yellow
silk brocade frame
18.3 by 13 cm, 7⅛ by 5⅛ in.

HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
US$ 510,000-765,000

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