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Lot 571

A very rare imperial spinach green jade gilt-inscribed book cover
18th/19th century

18 March 2019, 10:00 EDT
New York

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A very rare imperial spinach green jade gilt-inscribed book cover

18th/19th century
Of thin rectangular section, incised on the front with two dragons contending a flaming pearl and inscribed on the reverse with the four-character title, Side xulun, of the emperor's essay followed by the opening twenty-seven characters, one edge inscribed with the Chinese numeral yi (one), all filled with gold lacquer against the dark spinach-green ground.
7 5/8 x 4 1/2in (19.4 x 11.5cm)

Footnotes

十八/十九世紀 碧玉刻「四得續論」冊面

Provenance:
Dr. Dean Edell
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 14 November 1990, lot 469

Published:
Christopher Randall, The Brush & the Stone: Chinese Jades, Snuff Bottles and Works of Art from the Collection of Dr. Dean Edell, Hong Kong, 1998: No.8, pp. 13-14

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