AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ‘YONGZHENG YUBI ZHI BAO’ SEAL WITH IVORY-INLAID BOX AND COVER THE SEAL: QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD THE SEAL FACE: QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD of square form with thick sides, surmounted by a ferocious crouching chilong with bulging eyes and curly mane, its mighty body with well-defined muscles terminating at a bushy tail, surrounded by eight further chilong of smaller size writhing amidst scrolling clouds, the square seal face crisply carved in the positive with six characters reading Yongzheng yubi zhi bao (‘Treasure in the Imperial Hand of the Yongzheng Emperor’), the stone of an even pale celadon-white colour with natural inclusions, fitted in its original box and cover, the interior of both lined with bright red velvet, the exterior of the cover lined with brocade, topped with a rectangular ivory sliding plaque with a pair of archaistic dragon and phoenix, revealing the same six characters in regular script when slid downwards seal 7.4 by 6.1 by 6.1 cm., 2 7/8 by 2 3/8 by 2 3/8 in. box and cover 9.1 by 9.1 by 8.6 cm., 3 5/8 by 3 5/8 by 3 3/8 in.
AN EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ‘YONGZHENG YUBI ZHI BAO’ SEAL WITH IVORY-INLAID BOX AND COVER THE SEAL: QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD THE SEAL FACE: QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG PERIOD of square form with thick sides, surmounted by a ferocious crouching chilong with bulging eyes and curly mane, its mighty body with well-defined muscles terminating at a bushy tail, surrounded by eight further chilong of smaller size writhing amidst scrolling clouds, the square seal face crisply carved in the positive with six characters reading Yongzheng yubi zhi bao (‘Treasure in the Imperial Hand of the Yongzheng Emperor’), the stone of an even pale celadon-white colour with natural inclusions, fitted in its original box and cover, the interior of both lined with bright red velvet, the exterior of the cover lined with brocade, topped with a rectangular ivory sliding plaque with a pair of archaistic dragon and phoenix, revealing the same six characters in regular script when slid downwards seal 7.4 by 6.1 by 6.1 cm., 2 7/8 by 2 3/8 by 2 3/8 in. box and cover 9.1 by 9.1 by 8.6 cm., 3 5/8 by 3 5/8 by 3 3/8 in.
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