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Disc (bi) with Imperial Poem in Seal Script (zhuanshu) by the Qianlong Emperor

1736–95

China, Qing dynasty

(1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
White jade with brown mottling, historic jade, recut and incised
Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Bequest of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.254
Location: 240B Chinese Decorative Arts
  • ?–1972
    Elizabeth Bingham Blossom [1881–1970], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1972–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Chinese Jades, the Great Tradition : Exhibition Sponsored Jointly by Michigan Oriental Art Society and Cranbrook Institute of Science at Cranbrook Institute of Science ... Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Michigan: Michigan Oriental Arts Society, 1977. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 5, p. 9
    Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang [海外遺珎. 佛像= Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986. Reproduced: pl. 120
    von Spee, Clarissa. “The Power of Writing: A new display in the Chinese galleries focuses on inscriptions.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 58, no. 5 (September/October 2018): 12–13. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 13 archive.org
  • Chinese Jades: The Great Tradition. Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI (organizer) (September 10-October 31, 1977).
    Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
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