• Dimension: Jade Height: 10 1/2 in (26.5 cm) Width: 3 1/2 in (8.8 cm)
• Estimate From: $3500
• Estimate To: $4500

Chinese. The blade is carved on each side with a pair of ascending Dragon contesting a flaming pearl, all above mountains emerging from crashing waves, reverse with sacred mountain above water. The stone is of mottled white and russet inclusions, all supported on zitan stand. Qing Dynasty period.

本器打磨雕製作圭之形，玉如溫且純，細若凝脂，潤如膏澤，部分帶有“褐紅色沁色”，色澤均勻濃郁。正面填金陰刻“海水龍紋”。反面為正中減地的尖圭，呈長方條狀，頂部琢為尖鋭三角之型，圭體向兩側傾斜並凸出中間的脊線。正面上端淺浮雕星辰紋飾，三星連珠，中下段雕琢“海水江崖紋”，層次分明，立體感極強。配有海水紋紫檀底座。本器是古代帝王祭祀天地的禮器，等級極高，又飽滿充盈，極富美感，雕工精細，工藝繁複，匠心獨運，展現了乾隆一朝宮廷制玉的風範。