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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO
SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
2910

A RARE LARGE WHITE AND SPINACH-
GREEN JADE AUBERGINE-FORM VASE
AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The well-hollowed white stone with some faint russet streaks is
naturalistically carved in the form of an aubergine, inlaid on top The current lot on exhibit at the George Walter Vincent Smith
with spinach-green jade as part of the calyx, complete with the Art Museum, circa 1896 to 1910
cover also in spinach-green jade. 本拍品約於 1896 至 1910 年陳設於史喬沃藝術博物館中
6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) overall height

HK$600,000-800,000 US$78,000-100,000
PROVENANCE
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield,
Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910
Jade eggplants of this design were usually made in the form of
smaller snuff bottles, such as the set of ten in the National Palace
Museum Collection, also carved out of white jade and inlaid
with spinach-green jade as the stem, illustrated in Lifting the
Spirit and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles, Taipei,
2012, no. IV-058. Large vases with covers like the current
example are extremely rare. It was very likely intended to be
a treasured item for display rather than having any practical
use, since it could not stand on its own without a wooden
stand.

清十八/十九世紀 白玉嵌碧玉茄子尊
來源
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，
麻薩諸塞州，入藏於1910年以前
玉茄子一般多為袖珍鼻煙壺，如國立故宮博物院
藏一套十件白玉嵌碧玉茄子鼻煙壺，著錄於 2012
年台北出版《通嚏輕揚：鼻煙壺文化特展》，圖
IV-058。尺寸如本拍品大之茄子尊則非常少見。
由於不能直立，此尊應用作陳設而非一般實用
品。

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