A GILT-INSCRIBED JADEITE PLAQUE

Description:

China, dated 'Qianlong 61', Qing dynasty or later
22,4 x 10,3 x 0,6 cm
Whitish green jade with delicate violet and moss green areas. With inscriptions in regular script on both sides - an excerpt from volume 1494 of the "Records of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty" ('Daqing Gaozongchun Huangdi Shilu').
Old European private collection, collected in the family before 1980 - The gilding mostly worn off