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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED ZITAN-MOUNTED 戰國 青玉蒲紋璧 連
JADE BI DISC 乾隆御題詩紫檀座
BI: WARRING STATES PERIOD 《乾隆己丑仲春月上澣御題》字
STAND: MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
御題詩：
the jade of circular form pierced with a central aperture, crisply
worked to each side with the ‘whirlpool’ pattern amongst 幽壙弗曾。伴土封如。脂猶是昔。年容白珩。非寶斯為。
C-scrolls, the stone of a variegated celadon-green tone with 寶多穀多。因瑞在震。
calcified milky-brown patches, mounted within a circular zitan
stand carved and gilt with an imperial poem dated to Qianlong
jichou year (in accordance with 1769), the front fitted with a
zitan boss to the centre to secure the jade, decorated with a
trigram qian filled in with gilt and flanked by a pair of stylised
kui dragons, all enclosed within key-fret borders, the underside
of the stand and the boss inscribed with a yi character in gilt
bi: 12.6 cm, 5 in.,
stand: 14.1 cm, 5½ in.
HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-89,500
A closely related example in the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, bearing the same imperial poem, is illustrated in
Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum.
Supplement, Taipei, 1973.
The single characters inscribed on the bases of the zitan stand
and boss on the present piece are in accordance to a grading
system in the Qing court collections. These characters, notably
jia, yi, bing (indicating the A, B, C classifications respectively),
denote the rank of a piece which was usually bestowed by
the Qianlong emperor himself. For relevant discussions and a
Liao-dynasty jade bowl with a similarly inscribed wood stand,
see The All Complete Qianlong: the Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing
Emperor Gaozong, Taipei, 2013, cat. no. II-2.10.

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