A Chinese spinach jade double ring 碧玉

A Chinese spinach jade double ring 碧玉御题诗蚩尤环

Of a even spinach color, the ring finely carved in low relief with archaistic patterns and mythical beast masks to the exterior; Qianlong Emperor's poem incised to the interior, Qianlong four-character mark to four inner faces, picked out in gold.

(D: 2 3/8 in.)

Qty: (1)

Footnote:

NOTE: For a white jade example of this form, see the articulated ring in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Yang Boda, editor, "Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages-Connoiseurship of Chinese Jades", Vol. 12, Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong 1997, p. 176, no. 88.

Condition report:

Overall good visual condition, light wear and abrasion, gild partially faded