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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
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AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED MOTTLED JADE ARCHER'S RING
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The ring is delicately carved to the exterior with a long poetic inscription
ending with the characters 'Qianlong yu ti' (imperially composed by Qianlong)
and followed by a circular seal mark reading 'shang' (appreciation), all between
two bands of scroll ends.
1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm.) diam.
£6,000-8,000 US$7,700-10,000
€6,600-8,800

PROVENANCE:
A Private South African collection, amassed in the UK in the 1970s and 80s
Property of a Private European Gentleman, acquired in 2001
The inscription on the current lot is an imperial poem composed by the
Qianlong Emperor, recorded in the second volume of his published poems,
entitled ‘Yong Yu She’ (In Praise of A Jade Ring); see Qing Gaozong Yuzhi
Shiwen Quanji (4), The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1976, juan 73, no. 11. (mark)
Compare the inscription of the present archer's ring to another imperial
inscribed mottled jade archer's ring of the same period sold at Christie's
London, 9 November 2010, lot 173.

歐洲私人珍藏
清乾隆 青玉御題詩詠玉韘扳指
來源:
南非私人珍藏, 於1970至1980年代購入倫敦
歐洲私人珍藏, 2001年入藏

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