Snuffbox made of light celadon nephrite, incised with a poem by Emperor Qianlong and the mark 御製 - yu zhi, China, Imperial Workshops of Beijing, Qianlong…

Snuffbox made of light celadon nephrite, incised with a poem by Emperor Qianlong and the mark 御製 - yu zhi, China, Imperial Workshops of Beijing, Qianlong period, 1736–1795 Shield-shaped with two convex sides and a flared neck, the snuffbox is engraved on one side with a “tagetes erecta” (or marigold) and on the other with a poem: 葉花與菊總無同 / 色則同黃更帶紅 / 謾道姓名漏芳譜 / 稱觥曾是入豳風, which can be translated as: “Its leaves and flowers bear no r

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