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Lot 40

An inscribed pale green jade scroll clasp
Incised Qianlong seal mark and of the period

11 November 2010, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,800 inc. premium

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An inscribed pale green jade scroll clasp

Incised Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Of flattened concave form, carved in low relief to one side with archaistic C-scrolls, surmounted by a phoenix head, the reverse inscribed Qianlong yu yang, Zhao Mengfu Er Ti Qian Wen, stand, box.
6.8cm (2¾in) long (3).

Footnotes

Illustrated: Sydney L.Moss Ltd., Documentary Chinese Works of Art in Scholar's Taste, London, 1983, Catalogue no.122.

The inscription on the reverse may be translated as: For the Imperial Appreciation of the Qianlong Emperor. Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), 'Thousand-character essay in two calligraphic styles', indicating the name of the scroll to which the clasp would originally have belonged.

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