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134 The archaistic form and decoration inspired by early bronzes, is
A FINE WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC BEAKER VASE, GU consistent with the style advocated by the Qianlong emperor. As
Qianlong noted by Chang Li-tuan in The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special
Finely carved, the bulbuous mid-section depicting with taotie masks Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court, National
separated by flanges, the flared neck and splayed foot carved with Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997, p.49, the Qianlong emperor proposed
cicada leaves, wood stand. to ‘restore ancient ways’, suggesting that jade carvers turn to antiquity
9.8cm (3 7/8in) high (2). for models, which would enable them to imbue their designs with
simplicity and honesty, and so achieve refinement and elegance. The
£5,000 - 8,000 CNY46,000 - 73,000 ‘ancient ways’ referred to the intrinsic values of sincerity, simplicity, and
HK$55,000 - 88,000 happy exuberance. For a related very pale green jade gu vase, 18th
century, see R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1991, p.161, fig.85.
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Compare a related white jade archaistic gu vase, 18th century, sold in
Provenance: a distinguished English private collection, these rooms on 8 November 2012, lot 188.
and thence by descent

來源： 顯貴英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今