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This vase is notable for its vibrant high-relief 此花插立體靈動，高浮雕松葉枝幹，渾然天成，
carving and naturalistic modelling of the pine 與十六世紀三朱竹雕文房雅器異曲同工，應為
branches which wrap around the trunk. Vases 此作雛本。見南京博物院藏朱鶴款雕竹筆筒，
of this type were inspired by vessels for the 收錄於《竹鏤文心 : 竹刻珍品特集》，上海博物
scholar’s desk made from bamboo and carved 館，2012年，編號1。
in high relief in the style of the three Zhus, a
renowned family of bamboo carvers, active from 可參考北京故宮博物院藏十八世紀白玉松
the 16th century. See for example a bamboo
樁花插，載於《故宮經典：文房清供》，北
brushpot signed Zhu He, in the Nanjing Museum,
京，2015年，圖版37。另有一例稍小，為德
included in the exhibition Literati Spirit, Art of
安堂收藏，曾展於《玉緣：德安堂藏玉》，故
Chinese Bamboo Carving, Shanghai Museum,
宮博物院，北京，2004年，編號9。另一則為
Shanghai, 2012, cat. no. 1.
哈特曼伉儷收藏，圖載於 Robert Kleiner，
A slightly larger white jade vessel similarly
《Chinese Jades》，香港，1996年，圖版111
carved as a pine trunk in the Palace Museum,
。此外，Ernest and Helen Dane 伉儷舊藏一
Beijing is illustrated in Scholar’s Paraphernalia.
例，也可作比較，現存劍橋哈佛大學福格藝術博
Classics of the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2015, pl.
物館，見於亞洲協會展覽《中國漢至清玉器》，
37; one of slightly smaller size from the De An
Tang collection was included in the exhibition A 紐約，1980年，編號108。
Romance with Jade, Palace Museum, Beijing,
2004, cat. no. 9; another from the collection of
Alan and Simone Hartman, was illustrated in
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades, Hong Kong, 1996,
pl. 111; and a fourth example, from the collection
of Ernest and Helen Dane, now in the Fogg Art
Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, was
included in the Asia Society exhibition Chinese
Jades from Han to Ch’ing, The Asia House
Gallery, New York, 1980, cat. no. 108.