TWO RARE JADE INSCRIBED MANCHU BOOK LEAVES


Qing dynastyBoth of rectangular shape, one of spinach green jade, inscribed on one face with vertical lines of text, some lines filled with dark pigment, others highlighted in gilt, pierced to the sides and reverse with four oblique holes for mounting; the other of green jade, inscribed on both faces, the text highlighted in gilt.11 3/8 x 5 1/8in (28.8 x 12.9cm) (2).
|清 玉刻滿文冊頁兩件A jade book of ten leaves, where the half the book is inscribed in Manchu and the other half in Chinese is in the collection of the British Museum, London, accession no.1942,1012.1.