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40 The confident, fluid carving of the impressive washer is distinctive
A RARE LARGE PALE GREEN JADE ‘DOUBLE LINGZHI’ of highly skilled Qianlong period jade craftsmanship. The generous,
BRUSHWASHER deeply hollowed interiors make full use of the large pale green stone,
18th century whilst the twisting branches and smaller lingzhi provide a naturalistic
The well carved gnarled branch issuing two deeply-hollowed heads setting for the twin washers, symbolic of longevity.
of lingzhi, the larger with a clambering chi dragon biting at the rim and
both surrounded by further lingzhi and curling leafy tendrils, the stone Several examples can be found in important private collections: see
of pale green tone with light inclusions. Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P.Lin Collection, Hong Kong,
20.5cm (8 1/8in) wide 2014, no.143; another with bats from the Andrew K.F.Lee Collection,
Qianlong, illustrated in Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the
HK$400,000 - 600,000 Scholar’s Table, Hong Kong, 2007, no.66; a related but taller jade
US$52,000 - 77,000 vase with lingzhi is illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade,
London, 2013, no.74; see also a smaller very pale green jade lingzhi
十八世紀 青玉雕靈芝如意洗 washer, Qing dynasty, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed., Compendium
of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10: Qing Dynasty, Beijing,
Affixed label reading 第陸號 (‘number six’) 2011, no.196.
此拍品附有「第陸號」的標籤。
此器用料頗奢，雕刻線條流暢，技藝精湛，盡顯乾隆時期玉雕的最
高水準。相關例子可參考《長青館藏瓷、玉、角、畫琺瑯》，香
港，2014年，編號143；也見李景勳藏一乾隆例子，著錄於香港大學
美術博物館，《閣有天珍：中國文房玉雕》，香港，2007年，編號66
；再參閱《The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade》，倫敦，2013年，
編號74；也可比較故宮博物院藏一清代玉洗，見鄭欣淼編，《故宮博
物院藏品大系：玉器編10》，北京，2011年，編號196。

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