An exceptional and extremely rare dated zitan-mounted archaic jade disc,...
An exceptional and extremely rare dated zitan-mounted archaic jade disc, bi,
Zhou dynasty, the inscription and the stand dated to 1775
清乾隆 御製紫檀嵌後刻御製詩古玉璧插屏
玉：《乾隆乙末春御題》款 「得佳趣」印
屏：《乾隆乙末春月御題》款 「得佳趣」印
the smoothly patinated stone of a creamy beige tone naturally streaked with honey-brown inclusions, pierced with a large circular aperture, crisply later incised on one side in clerical script with an imperial poem praising the beauty of the treasured jade, signed Qianlong yiwei chun yuti (‘Imperial inscription in the yiwei year of the Qianlong period’, corresponding to 1775), followed by the seal de jiaqu (‘obtaining refined enjoyment’), mounted within a deftly carved zitan table screen, the front with a carved central wood boss locking into the back panel to secure the jade, detailed with a trigram qian filled in with gilt and flanked by a pair of stylised kui dragons, all enclosed within a key-fret ring, densely carved overall with archaistic scroll motifs, save for a circular medallion on the reverse, picked out in gilt with an almost identical inscription also in clerical script differing only in one character on the date Qianlong yiwei chun yue yuti, ending with the same seal de jiaqu
h. 22.8 cm
Condition Report:
Good overall condition. There are typical age cracks and minor nicks to the zitan carving. Other minor surface wear. There is an original old chip on the outer edge of the bi approx. 3 cm, and a natural vein of approx 2.5cm.
整體品相良好，紫檀雕飾帶典型舊裂及微磕。表面有輕微磨痕。璧外側邊沿有一舊磕，約3公分，及一道天然紋理，約2.5公分。
Provenance:
A European private collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2013, lot 3010.
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An exceptional and extremely rare dated zitan-mounted archaic jade disc, bi,
Zhou dynasty, the inscription and the stand dated to 1775
清乾隆 御製紫檀嵌後刻御製詩古玉璧插屏
玉：《乾隆乙末春御題》款 「得佳趣」印
屏：《乾隆乙末春月御題》款 「得佳趣」印
the smoothly patinated stone of a creamy beige tone naturally streaked with honey-brown inclusions, pierced with a large circular aperture, crisply later incised on one side in clerical script with an imperial poem praising the beauty of the treasured jade, signed Qianlong yiwei chun yuti (‘Imperial inscription in the yiwei year of the Qianlong period’, corresponding to 1775), followed by the seal de jiaqu (‘obtaining refined enjoyment’), mounted within a deftly carved zitan table screen, the front with a carved central wood boss locking into the back panel to secure the jade, detailed with a trigram qian filled in with gilt and flanked by a pair of stylised kui dragons, all enclosed within a key-fret ring, densely carved overall with archaistic scroll motifs, save for a circular medallion on the reverse, picked out in gilt with an almost identical inscription also in clerical script differing only in one character on the date Qianlong yiwei chun yue yuti, ending with the same seal de jiaqu
h. 22.8 cm
Condition Report:
Good overall condition. There are typical age cracks and minor nicks to the zitan carving. Other minor surface wear. There is an original old chip on the outer edge of the bi approx. 3 cm, and a natural vein of approx 2.5cm.
整體品相良好，紫檀雕飾帶典型舊裂及微磕。表面有輕微磨痕。璧外側邊沿有一舊磕，約3公分，及一道天然紋理，約2.5公分。
Provenance:
A European private collection.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2013, lot 3010.
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香港蘇富比2013年4月8日，編號3010
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