A RARE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED JADE BOOK DATED SHUNZHI WUZI CYCLICAL YEAR (1648) comprising ten thick jade plaques of rectangular form, the Khotan green jade of greyish olive-green tone, the cover and back plates each boldly incised and gilt with a pair of ascending and descending dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl between ruyi-shaped clouds, a further four plates neatly incised and gilt with four columns of Chinese characters written in xingshu, beginning with the date 'Shunzhi wu nian wuzi', and another four tablets incised and gilt with four columns of Manchu script, all in a fitted wood box inscribed with the characters guibi tongzheng (12) each height 11 1/4 in., 28.5 cm; width 5 in., 12.7 cm
A RARE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED JADE BOOK DATED SHUNZHI WUZI CYCLICAL YEAR (1648) comprising ten thick jade plaques of rectangular form, the Khotan green jade of greyish olive-green tone, the cover and back plates each boldly incised and gilt with a pair of ascending and descending dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl between ruyi-shaped clouds, a further four plates neatly incised and gilt with four columns of Chinese characters written in xingshu, beginning with the date 'Shunzhi wu nian wuzi', and another four tablets incised and gilt with four columns of Manchu script, all in a fitted wood box inscribed with the characters guibi tongzheng (12) each height 11 1/4 in., 28.5 cm; width 5 in., 12.7 cm
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