An imperial inscribed white jade 'chrysanthemum' thumbring box and cover Qing dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆　白玉御製詩菊花扳指盒

An imperial inscribed white jade 'chrysanthemum' thumbring box and cover

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

清乾隆　白玉御製詩菊花扳指盒

of flattened rounded form, the tightly fitting cover decorated with a stylised chrysanthemum flowerhead on the top, the sides further incised with a blooming shrub of chrysanthemum, completed with an imperial poem in clerical script, the white translucent stone with a celadon tinge and natural inclusions

題識：

御製詩。周書惟載有黃華，使世侵尋五色誇。自是稚輪生大輅，濫觴寧獨傲霜花。

（〈題雛一桂花卉十六種．菊〉，收錄在《清高宗御製詩文全集．御製詩三集》，卷39，頁6）

d. 3.8 cm