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A GILT-INSCRIBED AND Known in China as qing, musical stones of this 編磬為古代樂器，十六面一組，除十二正律
DECORATED SPINACH-GREEN type were made in sets of sixteen, comprised of 外，又加四個半音。清宮舊藏有一組青玉編
JADE MUSICAL CHIME twelve tones and four half tones. A full set of dark 磬，署乾隆二十九年年款（1764年），玉面
green jade stones, also gilt-inscribed and dated
QING DYNASTY, DATED TO to the 29th year of Qianlong (corresponding 飾描金雲龍紋，懸於木架上，現寶蓄北台故宮
THE TWENTY-NINTH YEAR OF to 1764) and embellished with gilt-painted 博物院，錄於《盛世華章》展覽，皇家藝術學
THE QIANLONG PERIOD (IN dragons amongst clouds, suspended from a 院，倫敦，2005年，編號32。書中頁396指出
ACCORDANCE WITH 1764) wooden frame, in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
清朝玉磬音質響亮清脆，留在重要祭祀時於天
was included in the exhibition China. The Three
of asymmetrical chevron form with a squared 壇及社稷壇韶樂之用，而其餘的國家級典禮則
end angled to the longer tapered side, the upper Emperors 1662-1795, Royal Academy of Arts,
London, 2005, cat. no. 32, where it is noted that 採用石磬。
edges of the long and short sides respectively
during the Qing period jade sonorous stones
gilt-inscribed with the characters Qianlong ershijiu 磬身厚薄用以制定音調高低。本品刻「姑洗」
such as the present chime “were reserved for
nian zhi (made in the 29th year of the Qianlong ，乃十六面編磬之第八音。磬面紋跡顯示，磬
period [in accordance with 1764]) and guxi (the the Grand Sacrifices performed at the Altar to
Heaven and the Altar of Land and Grain, whereas 面原飾描金雲龍紋。類同紀年乾隆二十九年之
eighth tone of the sixteen), each face with traces
the other sonorous stones used in other state
of gilt-decorated dragons writhing amidst cloud 青玉磬，有一例刻「林鐘」音，曾售於香港蘇
rites were made of limestone” (p. 396).
scrolls, the stone of a rich olive-green colour 富比1982年11月8/9日，編號364，另一例刻
highlighted with natural veins and dark speckles, The thickness of the musical stones varied
「黄鐘」音，曾售於香港蘇富比1999年6月16
the upper section pierced with a suspension hole according to their tone and the two-character
48.9 cm, 19¼ in. inscription, guxi, indicates that this piece is 日，編號761，亦有一例屬「南呂」音，錄於
the eighth tone of the sixteen. The traces of 《Chinese Jades through the Centuries》展
PROVENANCE gilt suggest that the present stone was also 覽圖錄，華美協進社，紐約，1968年，編號
Collection of A.V. Harvey, accountant at Yuin Yeh originally gilt-painted with dragons amongst 66，還有一例刻有「倍南呂」音，在倫敦蘇
Bank, acquired in Beijing, 1924. clouds. Spinach-green jade stones of this type, 富比2013年11月6日售出，編號168。
An Australian private collection, acquired from likewise inscribed and dated to 1764, include
A.V. Harvey, Sydney, 7th June 1960. one sold in these rooms, 8th/9th November 另可比較曾錄於東方陶瓷學會展覽《Chinese
Bonhams London, 11th November 2010, lot 219. 1982, lot 364, inscribed with the tone linzhong; a
huangzhong example, sold in our London rooms, Jades》圖錄之例，倫敦，1948年，編號
EXHIBITED 16th June 1999, lot 761; another of nanlu tone, 235，但未有音律記錄。尚可參考兩編磬作
Exhibition of Asian Documentary and Art included in the exhibition Chinese Jades through 例，紀年乾隆二十六年（1761年），展於
Materials, 28th International Congress of the Centuries, China Institute in America, New 《The Chinese Collection. Selected Works
Orientalists, Canberra, 1971. York, 1968, cat. no. 66; and a fourth chime,
inscribed beinanlu, sold in our London rooms, 6th from the Norton Museum of Art》，Norton
LITERATURE November 2013, lot 168. Museum of Art，佛羅里達州，2003年，編
John P. Rogan, Antiques in Australia from private 號91-92。
A further chime was also included in the
collections, Milton, Queensland, 1975, p. 81.
exhibition Chinese Jades, Oriental Ceramic
這類編磬設計可上溯商代。1979年於山東省
Society, London, 1948, cat. no. 235, although the
HK$ 300,000-400,000 大夫觀村戰國古墓出土成組八面石磬，錄於
US$ 38,300-51,000 tone is not catalogued. Compare also two chimes
dated to the 26th year of the Qianlong reign 《Confucius. His Life and Legacy in Art》，
(1761) included in the exhibition The Chinese 華美協進社藝廊，紐約，2010年，編號18。
清乾隆 碧玉描金雲龍紋「姑洗」編磬 Collection. Selected Works from the Norton
《乾隆二十九年製》款 Museum of Art, Norton Museum of Art, Florida,
2003, cat. nos 91-92.
來源：
Musical stones of this type derive from archaic
A.V. Harvey 收藏，前鹽業銀行會計師，1924
prototypes that were produced as early as the
年購於北京 Shang dynasty; a set of eight limestone chimes
澳洲私人收藏，1960年6月7日於悉尼購自 excavated in 1979 from a Warring States burial
A.V. Harvey site at Dafuguan village in Shandong province,
was included in the exhibition Confucius. His Life
倫敦邦翰斯2010年11月11日，編號219
and Legacy in Art, China Institute Gallery, New
展覽： York, 2010, cat. no. 18.
《Exhibition of Asian Documentary and Art
Materials》，第二十八屆國際東方學者會
議，坎培拉，1971年
出版：
John P. Rogan，《Antiques in Australia
from private collections》，Milton，昆士
蘭，1975年，頁81

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