Lot description
AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL WHITE JADE SEAL WITH AN IMPERIAL POEM QIANLONG YUTI MARK, JIAQING PERIOD, DATED TO 1796 THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE. BIDnow ONLINE BIDDING SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE. of large square form, surmounted by a superbly carved pair of addorsed dragons, each powerfully carved with alert eyes and flaring nostrils above curling whiskers and a jaw bearing sharp fangs, the scales and flowing mane meticulously incised, the two scaly bodies tightly intertwined and crouching on the haunches, pierced through the centre with an aperture, the four vertical sides incised with an imperial poem, dated to the bingchen year of the Jiaqing reign corresponding to 1796, the square seal face deeply and crisply carved with the characters Taishang Huangdi zhi bao ('Treasure of the Emperor Emeritus'), the stone of a milky-white tone with natural inclusions 8.2 cm., 3 1/4 in.
