ID 963369
Lot 3095 | AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED CELADON JADE SCROLL CLASP
Estimate value
HKD 400 000 – 600 000
QIANLONG INCISED AND GILT YUSHANG FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The convex side is carved in low relief with an archaistic bird’s head above ruyi scrolls on the longer tab, the shorter tab undecorated and carved with a narrow slit. The concave reverse is carved and gilt with the four-character mark Qianlong yushang, ‘For the appreciation of Qianlong’, above a twelve-character inscription Lang Shining Zhang Tingyan hebi hua majitu, ‘Dressage, jointly painted by Castiglione and Zhang Tingyan’.
2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm.) long
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 88
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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