A FINELY CARVED JADE 'CHANG YI ZISUN' ARCHAISTIC BI DISC QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD the disc and terminal finely pierced in openwork with four archaic script characters chang yi zisun ('To Benefit Future Generations Forever') reading vertically, the circular disc enclosing a pair of confronting phoenix standing atop a small archaistic beast and grasping another in their beaks, the first two characters on the upper crest flanked by undulating archaistic dragons entwined with a phoenix, both detailed with incised hatching, the narrow sides incised with the four-character Qianlong nianzhi mark on one side, and the eight characters xin zi yibai bashi wu hao (Number 185 of xin series) on the other, the semi-translucent gray-green stone deepening to a light brown towards the center Height 5 in., 12.6 cm
A FINELY CARVED JADE 'CHANG YI ZISUN' ARCHAISTIC BI DISC QIANLONG MARK AND PERIOD the disc and terminal finely pierced in openwork with four archaic script characters chang yi zisun ('To Benefit Future Generations Forever') reading vertically, the circular disc enclosing a pair of confronting phoenix standing atop a small archaistic beast and grasping another in their beaks, the first two characters on the upper crest flanked by undulating archaistic dragons entwined with a phoenix, both detailed with incised hatching, the narrow sides incised with the four-character Qianlong nianzhi mark on one side, and the eight characters xin zi yibai bashi wu hao (Number 185 of xin series) on the other, the semi-translucent gray-green stone deepening to a light brown towards the center Height 5 in., 12.6 cm
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