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Property from a 30
Distinguished English A RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN JADE RETICULATED
Private Collection TRIPOD CUP, ZHI
17th/18th century
英國顯赫私人收藏 Comprising three sections of openwork interlocking key-fret scrolls
raised on three kneeling figures, decorated around the exterior with
LOTS 30 - 39 alternating spiral and ‘S’-shaped motifs in relief, the stone of pale
yellowish-green tone, wood stand.
The following ten jade carvings (Lots 30-39), 8.8cm (3 1/2in) high (2).
formed part of a collection of Chinese works of art, HK$150,000 - 200,000
largely assembled from the late 1950s to the early US$19,000 - 26,000
1980s from leading Chinese art dealers in London, 十七/十八世紀 青玉鏤雕仿古紋三足卮
including most prominently Louis Joseph, Bluett’s Provenance 來源:
and Spink’s during their peak period of activity. It is An English private collection and thence by descent
interesting to note that many of the jade carvings, 英國私人收藏，並由家族繼承
some included in the selection offered in this sale
and others previously sold, were acquired directly Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing
from the renowned dealer Louis Joseph who was 北京故宮博物院藏
based in fashionable Knightsbridge in London.
Louis Joseph dealt as noted in his invoices in ‘Old
Furniture & Clocks, Jade & Ivory Carvings and
Oriental Rugs’.

The jade carvings were collected during a period
when the finest of Chinese ceramics and works of
art were available due to the demise of the Qing
dynasty that instigated the sale of objects from
prominent Chinese and Manchu families and the
dispersal of prominent first and second generation
Western collections of Chinese art formed during the
first half 20th century.

These pieces have adorned the family home and
have been admired by three generations. It is now
the hope of the family that others may partake in the
pleasure of collecting and cherishing them.

以下10件玉雕（拍品30-39）來自英國私人收藏，
是其藏品的一部分。該藏家從1950年代晚期開
始至1980年代早期開始收藏，大部分藏品均來
自倫敦知名古董商，其中最為人熟知的有Louis
Joseph，Bluett’s 以及斯賓克等。此圖錄所呈現的藏
品則全部直接得自當時位於倫敦上流商業區騎士橋
的Louis Joseph，其發票上經常可見”Old Furniture
& Clocks, Jade & Ivory Carvings and Oriental Rugs”
的英文字樣。

該藏家開始收藏時，正值清廷沒落，部分宮廷玉器
在20世紀初期又流入市場，最後落入歐洲第一代及
第二代中國藝術品收藏家手中。而該組玉雕由此家
族世代收藏，至今已三代相傳。

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