CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / LATE QING STYLE)
MONUMENTAL CARVED CELADON-TONED STONE / JADE-TYPE IMPERIAL SEAL BOULDER, BEARING FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL SCRIPT MATRIX TO BASE "QIANLONG YUBAO" (TREASURE OF THE QIANLONG EMPEROR)
MASTERFULLY WORKED IN HIGH RELIEF AND PIERCED RETICULATION WITH WRITHING IMPERIAL FIVE-CLAWED DRAGONS CHASING THE FLAMING PEARL AMIDST BILLOWING CLOUD SCROLLS
THE SQUARE PLINTH FINELY INCISED AND RUSSET-FILLED TO ONE FACET WITH CLASSICAL TANG POETRY IN ARCHAIC ZHUANSHU SCRIPT, FLANKED BY A COMPANION MANCHU SCRIPT INSCRIPTION TO THE REVERSE
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, TORONTO
APPROX. 10.25 IN HIGH, BASE 6.5 X 6.25 IN
CHINESE CARVED CELADON HARDSTONE DRAGON SEAL
CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / LATE QING STYLE) MONUMENTAL CARVED CELADON-TONED STONE / JADE-TYPE IMPERIAL SEAL BOULDER, BEARING FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL SCRIPT MATRIX TO BASE "QIANLONG YUBAO" (TREASURE OF THE QIANLONG EMPEROR) MASTERFULLY WORKED IN HIGH RELIEF AND PIERCED RETICULATION WITH WRITHING IMPERIAL FIVE-CLAWED DRAGONS CHASING THE FLAMING PEARL AMIDST BILLOWING CLOUD SCROLLS THE SQUARE PLINTH…