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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
2810
A RARE RETICULATED ‘CHICKEN BONE’
JADE PLAQUE

QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
The plaque is intricately carved and pierced with the characters
chang yi zi sun, ‘eternal benefits for future generations’, flanked by
two mythical beasts with humanoid heads and archaistic phoenixes.
One narrow side of the circular disc is inscribed with the characters
Qianlong nian zhi, ‘made during the reign of Qianlong’. The other
side is inscribed with wang zi er bai qi shi liu hao, ‘the character wang,
from the series numbered two hundred and seventy six’.
5¡ in. (13.7 cm.) high, box
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000

The current lot belongs to an existing group of related jade plaques which
imitate Han dynasty examples of this shape, either with the characters, (marks)
yi zi sun, ‘For the benefit of sons and grandsons’, or yi shou, ‘For the benefit
of Longevity’. An Eastern Han plaque inscribed with the yi shou characters
is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadewares (I), Hong Kong, 1995,
pp. 258-259, no. 216. It is rare to find this type of plaque from the Qianlong
period made of ‘chicken bone’ jade.

清乾隆 雞骨白玉鏤雕長宜子孫牌
「乾隆年製」、「忘字二百七十六號」刻款

此拍品屬一組於清代製作，仿漢代風格的玉牌，其中有飾「宜
子孫」或「益壽」刻文。北京故宮博物院藏一東漢玉璧，透雕
「益壽」二字，圖見故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《玉器（上）》，
香港，1995年，頁258-259，圖216。另見北京故宮博物院藏一
清代玉牌，其邊沿書「覆字一百八十八號」，著於故宮博物院
藏文物珍品全集《玉器（下）》，香港，1995 年，頁158，圖127。
但雞骨白玉例子則極為罕見。

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