Chinese jade disc or bi, engraved with a poem

An image of Jade Disc. Grey green jade with brown speckling, decorated with a criss-cross pattern, forming faceted bumps, which are embellished with incised scrolls. The hole in the middle was drilled from one side. The edge of this disc incised with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor, dating to 1769.

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Jade Disc. Grey green jade with brown speckling, decorated with a criss-cross pattern, forming faceted bumps, which are embellished with incised scrolls. The hole in the middle was drilled from one side. The edge of this disc incised with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor, dating to 1769.

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Accession Number: O.38-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/25.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 206.00kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2007:03:27 22:59:44

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18th Century bi characters Chinese disc Fitz_AA incised jade poem poetry poets Qianlong Dynasty texts writing

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