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○ 14 AN EXCEPTIONAL WHITE AND 清乾隆 白玉雕進寶圖筆筒
RUSSET JADE BRUSHPOT
來源
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD Robert B. Woodward (1840-1915) 收藏
of cylindrical form raised on five splayed ruyi-form feet, deftly 1914年贈予布魯克林博物館，布魯克林 (館藏
carved in varying levels of relief with a continuous landscape 編號14.282)
enclosing a single scholar mounted on horseback preceded by
an attendant pushing a wheeled cart surmounted by a songbird, 出版
the group traversing a narrow ravine with steep rockfaces rising John Getz，《The Woodward Collection of Jades
to either side, the expansive surrounding landscape dotted and Other Hard Stones》，紐約，1913年，圖版72
with tiered pavilions and overhanging pine and wutong trees, to
one side the rocks part to reveal a gentle creek crossed by an
arched bridge supporting a single egret raised on one leg, large
expanses of the surface left uncarved to express the pure white
coloration of the stone, occasionally enhanced with patches of
russet staining
Height 7⅜ in., 18.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Robert B. Woodward (1840-1915).
Gifted to the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, in 1914 (acc. no.
14.282).

LITERATURE
John Getz, The Woodward Collection of Jades and Other Hard
Stones, New York, 1913, pl. 72
$ 1,000,000-1,500,000

A painted picture may disappear as
time passes, but a solid [i.e. jade]

work can hardly be destroyed even
after a thousand years

– EMPEROR QIANLONG, 1787

畫圖歲久或湮滅 重器千秋難敗毀
清高宗 1787年

60 PROPERTY FROM THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM, SOLD TO SUPPORT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS