QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1735-1796)
LENGTH: 10CM
The thin jade ring is carved in the style of an archaic jade ritual plaque with pierced decoration carved through the russet skin in shallow relief and etched detail depicting a chilong dragon writhing around a she -shaped plaque, covered on both sides with scrolling geometric designs. The jade is pale celadon colour with a deep russet skin.
PROVENANCE
Spink & Son Ltd., London
EXHIBITED IN
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 2002-2013
ILLUSTRATED IN
The Minor Arts of China III, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1987, p. 123,
Catalogue No. 151.
清乾隆 青白玉沁色仿古螭龍紋雞心佩
