Blue jade carved with Qianlong’s imperial pen and orchid pavilion

[Blue jade carved with Qianlong imperial pen and orchid pavilion sticker Ruyi]

Blue jade carved with Qianlong imperial pen and orchid pavilion sticker Ruyi, Qing Dynasty, 47.5cm long, 6.5cm high, and 11.1 wide × 10.8 cm, the handle is 5.7 cm wide at most
The sapphire has white flocculent spots. There are 46 men, women, old and young in total, either alone or in groups of three or five, who are arranged in an array. They either meditate on the water, or play with wine cups, or write poems based on the case, or write relative essays, or watch and accompany, or sit on the railing in the pavilion. Each group of characters is relatively independent and echoes each other. The surface of the Ruyi handle is engraved with the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion written by Emperor Qianlong. Later, it is said that the Orchid Pavilion Postscript is based on the martial arts. Zhao Mengfu got it from the elder Dugu, and now he is in the inner mansion. The Dingchou patrols the south, the boat window is clear, and he can catch the wind while he is here. It is also the time to look at the sun in February. The imperial pen. “At the end, the two seals of” Qian Long Chen Han “and” Get the image of the outside meaning “are signed. The landscape characters on Ruyi’s head and the characters on the handle are engraved with gold
Emperor Qianlong visited the south six times in the 16th, 22nd, 27th, 30th, 45th and 49th years of his life. The text on the handle was written in February of the 22nd year of Qianlong’s reign (1757). During the second expedition to the south of Qianlong’s reign, after taking a boat to enjoy the scenery, he was temporarily relieved. On one side of the yellow strip, the ink book reads, “On the first day of May in the 18th year of Daoguang’s reign, it will be handed over to the Palace of Ningshou”, and on the other side, “A handle of blue jade with poetic charm”. It can be seen that this jade was placed in the Palace of Ningshou before the first day of May in the 18th year of Daoguang’s reign (1838)


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