Lot 3319. A Group of Ten Imperial Inscribed White Jade ‘Xixiehesheng’ Album Leaf, Qianlong Period, 1736-1795. H 13.8cm W 10.3cm. Estimate HKD 200,000 - 280,000 (USD 25,524 - 35,733). Lot sold HKD 5,900,000 (USD 752,952). © Poly Auction.
In total of ten rectangular plaques, each skilfully incised in regular script with an excerpt from an imperial poem Shijing Yuepu [The Music Score of The book Of Odes And Hymns], followed by Dadaili Touhupian, the reverse similarly incised with a pair of soaring dragons flanking a central ‘Xixiehesheng’ against flaming wisps and ruyi cloud scrolls.
Provenance: An European Private Collection.
Poly Hong Kong. Inheritance - A Selection Of Important Chinese Art From The Ever Concord, 2 october 2018, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong