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CHINESE IMPERIAL-STYLE CARVED DARK JADE SEAL

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

CHINESE SCHOOL, REPUBLIC PERIOD OR LATER CARVED DARK GREEN / SPINACH-BLACK NEPHRITE JADE SURMOUNTED BY A POWERFULLY RENDERED ADDORSED DOUBLE-HEADED DRAGON HANDLE THE SEAL FACE DEEPLY CARVED IN ARCHAIC SEAL SCRIPT (ZHUANSHU) READING: (TAI SHANG HUANG DI ZHI BAO � "TREASURE OF THE RETIRED EMPEROR / EMPEROR EMERITUS"). MEASURES APPROX. 4.5 X 4.5 X 4.5…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Item description:

CHINESE SCHOOL, REPUBLIC PERIOD OR LATER
CARVED DARK GREEN / SPINACH-BLACK NEPHRITE JADE SURMOUNTED BY A POWERFULLY RENDERED ADDORSED DOUBLE-HEADED DRAGON HANDLE
THE SEAL FACE DEEPLY CARVED IN ARCHAIC SEAL SCRIPT (ZHUANSHU) READING: (TAI SHANG HUANG DI ZHI BAO � "TREASURE OF THE RETIRED EMPEROR / EMPEROR EMERITUS").
MEASURES APPROX. 4.5 X 4.5 X 4.5 IN
CONCEIVED IN RETROSPECTIVE HOMAGE TO THE ICONIC "TAI SHANG HUANG DI ZHI BAO" JADE SEALS COMMISSIONED IN 1795�1796 (60TH YEAR OF QIANLONG) TO CELEBRATE THE EMPEROR'S ABDICATION IN FAVOUR OF HIS SON, THE JIAQING EMPEROR.