A WHITE JADE OCTAGONAL AMULET

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30.05.2023 05:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 2853 | A WHITE JADE OCTAGONAL AMULET
A WHITE JADE OCTAGONAL AMULET

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Each facetted side is carved with eight characters, all together forming a poem; inside the tube is housed a small standing figure with his left hand raised to his waist which can be removed with a string.

2 1/4 in. (5.6 cm.) long





Provenance

Spink & Son, London, July 1942, as recorded in the RHRP ledger

The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 148
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