Jade round plate with carved floral patterns, Mughal Empire-China Archive

Image Number: K1C003878N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Jades
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
Description:
Light green jade, still called warm and moist, with large areas of light brown. It is carved into an oval plate. A flat lotus flower is carved in the center of the plate. The petals are sharp and densely distributed. The center is inlaid with a piece of red glass surrounded by gold wire. A circle of flower and leaf patterns is carved along the periphery of the plate surface and bottom; Large flower bundles with stems and leaves were regularly distributed on the surface of the organ, and then interspersed with small flower bundles; Gold wire and red glass are inlaid along the edge of the panel. It presents the unique symmetrical and gorgeous decorative taste of Islamic jade. In the blank area of the panel, 54 characters of Qianlong imperial poems and two seals, “Qianlong’s second imperial title and Mengchun imperial title” and “Bide” and “Langrun”, were added. It is verified that the poem “Chanting the Trace Dustan Green Jade Plate” was chanted in the 40th year of Qianlong (1775) and included in Page 8-9 of Volume 28 of the Fourth Collection of Imperial Poems: “Measuring the material is Qiong Ying, a weapon bandit. The workmanship is amazing and hard to imagine, Carma (poem note: