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A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT IMPERIAL SET OF TEN INSCRIBED WHITE JADES
SONG DYNASTY AND LATER
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT IMPERIAL SET OF TEN INSCRIBED WHITE JADES SONG DYNASTY AND LATER Comprising: a rectangular plaque carved with an outer border of dragon scroll; a smaller rectangular plaque/pendant carved at the top with dragons confronted on a suspension hole; a pair of rectangular buckle plaques with a rectangular loop on the back and a pierced suspension knop; a zhang ritual blade with notched flanges; a drum-shaped ring; an axe; a bell; a gui blade; and a coin-knife; all carved from fine, translucent white jade and delicately inscribed in hair-fine lines with minute characters in the shuang-kou (outline) style, with either the Heart Sutra, or miscellaneous poems of the Jin dynasty poet Tao Qian (372-427); in a zitan two-section fitted box, 18th/19th century, the sliding cover carved in high relief with a dense design of scaly five-clawed dragons slithering amidst clouds, and lined with ivory silk brocade Rectangular plaque with dragon border, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long; rectangular plaque/pendant, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long; pair of buckle plaques, 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long; zhang ritual blade, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long; ring, 1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) diam.; axe, 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) long; bell, 2½ in. (6.4 cm.) long; gui , 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) long; coin-knife, 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long; zitan box, 10½ in. (26.6 cm.) long (10)