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A WHITE JADE ‘MAGNOLIA’ VASE
37 Qianlong/Jiaqing
76 | BONHAMS The white jade of even tone crisply carved as three
tall magnolia blossoms issuing from a single curling
stem, the larger two with the petal tips beginning
to curl away from the centre of the opening flower
revealing a hollow vase, wood stand.
11.4cm (4 1/2in) high (2).

HK$80,000 - 120,000
US$10,000 - 15,000

清乾隆/嘉慶 白玉雕玉蘭花插

Provenance 來源:
Acquired probably from Louis Joseph, London, prior
to 20 August 1968
An English private collection and thence by descent

於1968年8月20日前購得，或購自倫敦古董商
Louis Joseph
英國私人收藏，並由家族繼承

The magnolia is a symbol of purity, making it
extremely suitable as a subject for carving from this
piece of fine white jade. This combination of white
jade forming a white magnolia also embodies a
particularly apt pun on the name for the flower (玉蘭
yulan) which incorporates the word for jade (玉 yu).
Compare a related but larger white jade magnolia
vase illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese
Jade, London, 2013, no.78.

此器所雕之玉蘭是潔白、高雅的象徵。可參考一
件體積較大的白玉玉蘭花插，著錄於《The Woolf
Collection of Chinese Jade》，倫敦，2013年，編
號78。

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A LARGE YELLOW JADE ‘GOURD’
BRUSHWASHER
19th century
Crisply carved as an elongated gourd borne on
gnarled leafy tendrils bearing smaller gourds and
blossoms, the yellow stone with subtle russet
inclusions, wood stand.
18.4cm (7 1/4in) wide (2).

HK$60,000 - 80,000
US$7,700 - 10,000

十九世紀 黃玉雕瓜式洗

Provenance 來源:
An English private collection and thence by descent

英國私人收藏，並由家族繼承

Gourds surrounded by tendrils trailing smaller
gourds are a popular concept in Chinese imagery,
symbolising family strength and continuity. The larger
and smaller gourds (瓜 gua and 瓞 die respectively)
represent ‘May you there be ceaseless generations
of sons and grandsons’ (瓜瓞綿綿 guadie mianmian)
and the tendrils (蔓帶 mandai) are a pun for ‘ten
thousand generations’ (萬代 wandai). Compare
a related but larger white jade brushwasher, 18th
century, sold in our London rooms, 12 May 2011,
lot 92.

相關例子可參見一白玉例子，拍賣於倫敦邦瀚
斯，2011年5月12日，拍品92。