An Imperial gilt-decorated spinach jade musical chime, qing
Dated Qianlong 29th year, corresponding to 1764, the gilding later
The dark green stone shaped as an asymmetric chevron, with one squared end and one tapered end and a hole for suspension carved at the top angle, each broad side with the gilt-painted traces of a pair of five-clawed dragons reaching towards a flaming pearl among cloud scrolls, the longer upper edge incised and gilt with the characters wu yi and the shorter upper edge with the characters Qianlong ershijiu nianzhi.
13 5/8in (34.4cm) long, longest edge