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Lot 528 PROPERTY FROM THE V.W.S. COLLECTION
DISQUE EN JADE BLANC, BI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE À QUINZE CARACTÈRES DATANT DU CINQUIÈME JOUR, SEPTIÈME MOIS DE L’ANNÉE CYCLIQUE DINGYOU DU RÈGNE DE L’EMPEREUR QIANLONG, CORRESPONDANT À 1777 ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Closed14 December 2022
Price Realised
EUR 40,320
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Specialist note
The archaistic design on the present bi disc appears to be modelled after earlier jade styles which were popular during the Eastern Zhou and Han Dynasties. Compare the present lot to a Qianlong period (1736-1795) white jade archaistic bi disc in the Qing Court collection which is carved with a network of raised nodes on both sides, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Jadeware (III), vol. 42, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 126, p. 157.
The inscription is signed by Liang Guozhi (1723-1786), a scholar-official and calligrapher who passed the imperial exam in the thirteenth year of the Qianlong period (1748). With his strategic acumen and scholarly pursuits, Liang rose through the ranks and was praised by the emperor for his intelligence. Liang was appointed a first-rank official and served as the deputy editor of Siku Quanshu (Emperor's Four Treasuries). Upon his death in 1786, he was posthumously bestowed the honorary title, Taizi taibao (The Honorable Tutor to the Crown Prince).
The inscription is signed by Liang Guozhi (1723-1786), a scholar-official and calligrapher who passed the imperial exam in the thirteenth year of the Qianlong period (1748). With his strategic acumen and scholarly pursuits, Liang rose through the ranks and was praised by the emperor for his intelligence. Liang was appointed a first-rank official and served as the deputy editor of Siku Quanshu (Emperor's Four Treasuries). Upon his death in 1786, he was posthumously bestowed the honorary title, Taizi taibao (The Honorable Tutor to the Crown Prince).