A RARE WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' TALLY QINQ DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD formed from two circular discs, each half with a pierced central medallion enclosing two characters reading tongxin (of one heart), one finely carved in low relief to the top with an archaistic phoenix and tiger, the underside with two characters reading hanhe (cherish harmony), interspersed by four archaistic animal masks, set with two small hooked tabs, one of circular form incised with the qian symbol from the Eight Trigrams, the other of square form with a long character, the other disc carved with four characters reading ruyue zhiheng (as eternal as the moon), divided by archaistic angular strapwork, the underside with a pair of confronting kui dragons encircling two small slots for the tabs to slide in, the softly polished stone of even color with some inclusions (2) Diameter 2 1/8 in., 5.4 cm
A RARE WHITE JADE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' TALLY QINQ DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD formed from two circular discs, each half with a pierced central medallion enclosing two characters reading tongxin (of one heart), one finely carved in low relief to the top with an archaistic phoenix and tiger, the underside with two characters reading hanhe (cherish harmony), interspersed by four archaistic animal masks, set with two small hooked tabs, one of circular form incised with the qian symbol from the Eight Trigrams, the other of square form with a long character, the other disc carved with four characters reading ruyue zhiheng (as eternal as the moon), divided by archaistic angular strapwork, the underside with a pair of confronting kui dragons encircling two small slots for the tabs to slide in, the softly polished stone of even color with some inclusions (2) Diameter 2 1/8 in., 5.4 cm
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