A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL KHOTAN-GREEN JADE 'TAISHANG HUANGDI ZHI BAO' SEAL QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the substantial stone of an even light fern-green colour, superbly worked in the form of a pair of addorsed dragons resting atop the seal, each mythical beast powerfully rendered with long whiskers flanking a slightly agape mouth revealing sharp fangs, the upper edge of the intertwined scaly bodies decorated with well pronounced bosses simulating prominent spinal columns, the seal face crisply worked with a border enclosing a six-character inscription in seal script reading Taishang huangdi zhi bao ('Treasure of the Emperor Supreme'), the centre of the 'dragon' finial pierced through with an aperture, original zitan stand 11 by 12.8 by 12.8 cm, 4 1/4 by 5 by 5 in.
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE IMPERIAL KHOTAN-GREEN JADE 'TAISHANG HUANGDI ZHI BAO' SEAL QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the substantial stone of an even light fern-green colour, superbly worked in the form of a pair of addorsed dragons resting atop the seal, each mythical beast powerfully rendered with long whiskers flanking a slightly agape mouth revealing sharp fangs, the upper edge of the intertwined scaly bodies decorated with well pronounced bosses simulating prominent spinal columns, the seal face crisply worked with a border enclosing a six-character inscription in seal script reading Taishang huangdi zhi bao ('Treasure of the Emperor Supreme'), the centre of the 'dragon' finial pierced through with an aperture, original zitan stand 11 by 12.8 by 12.8 cm, 4 1/4 by 5 by 5 in.
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