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THREE ARCHER’S RINGS 1430
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
A GOLD ARCHER’S RING
comprised of one white-glazed green-splashed porcelain ring QING DYNASTY / 20TH CENTURY
carved with two ding characters; one lacquered ring carved
with bamboo, lingzhi, and a poem; and one lacquered ring cast with a revolving band featuring two ve-clawed dragons
carved and painted with a poem and an image of a lady in a pursuing a ‘ aming pearl’ among clouds between xed keyfret
window (3) borders, the interior inscribed Da Qing Qianlong renyin nian
Diameter of largest 1¼ in., 3.3 cm yushi (‘inscribed in the renyin year of Qianlong’s reign in the
PROVENANCE Great Qing dynasty,’ corresponding to 1782), of yellow gold
Collection of Mr. Emmanuel Gran, acquired while living in greater than 22K
China between 1917 and 1941. Diameter 1¼ in., 3.2 cm
$ 2,000-3,000 PROVENANCE
Collection of Marie Elise Patreaux (1880-1920), Paris.
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ㈛㊯ᶱẞ Collection of Marie Isabelle London (1920-1960), Paris.
$ 8,000-12,000
1430
㶭ġİġḴ⋩ᶾ䲨ġġġ慹掐崽䎈暚漵䲳㈛㊯
1431 ˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮⢔⭭⸜⽉嬀˫㫦

AN INSCRIBED WOOD ARCHER’S RING 1431
QING DYNASTY

possibly boxwood, carved to the exterior with an inscription
reading renxin jinruci tianxia ziheping you Guanxiu ju (if
everyone has the same heart, the world will be at peace, in
respect to Guanxiu’s verse), followed by a two-character seal
reading tianfu (heavenly mansion)
Diameter 1⅜ in., 3.4 cm
$ 1,000-1,500

㶭ġġġ㛐⇣娑㔯㈛㊯
娑㔯烉
Ṣ⽫䚉⤪㬌ġ⣑ᶳ冒␴⸛ġ⎛屓ẹ⎍
⌘㔯烉
⣑⹄

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