A LARGE GILT-DECORATED SPINACH-GREEN JADE CHIME, BIANQING

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23.09.2022 08:30UTC -04:00
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Lot 763 | A LARGE GILT-DECORATED SPINACH-GREEN JADE CHIME, BIANQING
A LARGE GILT-DECORATED SPINACH-GREEN JADE CHIME, BIANQING

DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 29TH YEAR OF THE QIANLONG REIGN, CORRESPONDING TO 1764 AND OF THE PERIOD

The angled stone is drilled with a single hole for suspension and has the remains of gilt decoration on each side of two ferocious five-clawed dragons contesting a flaming pearl. The narrow sides are decorated with scrolling clouds, one of which is inscribed Qianlong ershijiu nian zhi (made in the twenty-ninth year of the Qianlong reign). Another side is inscribed bei wu yi, denoting the musical tone. The spinach-green stone has a few streaks of white inclusions.

19 in. (48.3 cm.) long, lucite and metal stand





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William E. Little, Sr. (1910-1991) Collection, New York and Connecticut.
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