An Imperial inscribed zitan-mounted jade bi disc, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period | 東周 戰國 青玉蒲紋璧 連 清乾隆御題詩紫檀座 《乾隆己丑仲春月上澣御題》字
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Description
mounted within an imperial Qianlong mark and period circular zitan stand carved and gilt with an imperial poem dated to Qianlong jichou year, corresponding to 1769, the front fitted with a zitan boss to the center to secure the jade, decorated with a trigram qian filled in with gilt, the underside of the stand and the boss inscribed with a yi character in gilt (3)
御題詩：
幽壙弗曾 伴土封如 脂猶是昔 年容白珩
非寶斯為 寶多穀多 因瑞在震 乾隆己丑仲春月上澣御題
Diameter of bi 5 in., 12.6 cm
Diameter of stand 5½ in., 14.1 cm
French Private Collection (by repute).
來源：
法國私人收藏 (傳)
A related jade bi disc mounted in an imperially inscribed wood stand with a very similar central boss securing the bi, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum. Supplement, Taipei, 1973, pl. 4.
The single characters inscribed on the bases of the zitan stand and boss on the present piece are in accordance to a grading system in the Qing court collections. These characters, notably jia, yi, bing (indicating the A, B, C classifications respectively), denote the rank of a piece which was usually bestowed by the Qianlong Emperor himself. For relevant discussions and a Liao-dynasty jade bowl with a similarly inscribed wood stand, see The All Complete Qianlong: the Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing Emperor Gaozong, Taipei, 2013, cat. no. II-2.10.