AN IMPORTANT AND SUPERB IMPERIAllY INSCRIBED 'TAl SHANG HUANG 01' WHITE JADE SEAL
YUBI MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANlONG, DATED TO THE BINGCHEN YEAR (CORRESPONDING TO 1796)
of small circular form, superbly carved in low relief with the triagram qian between a pair of confronting qilong, the sides deftly incised with a poem ending with the date Qianlong Bingchen chun yubi (corresponding to 1796), the seal face deeply and crisply carved with the characters tai shang huang di ('Treasure of the Emperor Emeritus') in zhuanshu, the stone of a translucent fine white colour with an area of russet skin on the top skillfully utilised to enhance the carving
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9th October 2007, lot 1301.
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