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AN EXCEPTIONAL IMPERIAL INSCRIBED WHITE JADE
RETICULATED ‘WULAO TU’ BRUSHPOT

QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

清乾隆 白玉鏤雕「御題五老圖」筆筒

the cylindrical body superbly reticulated and worked in various 來源：
levels of relief portraying a gathering of the Five Elders against Percy D. Krolik 收藏
jagged rockwork, two depicted conversing with one another, 倫敦蘇富比1970年2月24日，編號130
another two portrayed opening a scroll, the scene further
刻文：
rendered with waterfalls as well as gnarled pine, willow and
御題五老圖。
wutong branches issuing from the crevices of the boulders,
inscribed to one side with an imperial poem titled the ‘Scene 峯如列廬阜，人似會睢陽；意喜泉同潔，形奇松共蒼。
of the Five Elders’, the lustrous stone of an even white colour 閙中鮮踪跡，幽處足徜徉；漫擬遊河瑞，吾方愧望洋。
with attractive russet inclusions, wood stand
12.8 cm, 5 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Percy D. Krolik.
Sotheby’s London, 24th February 1970, lot 130.

HK$ 2,000,000-3,000,000
US$ 256,000-384,000

fig. 1
‘On the Khotan jade depicting the Five Elders’, Qing Gaozong yuzhi shiwen quanji
[Anthology of imperial Qianlong poems and text], Yuzhi shi san ji [Imperial poetry, vol.
3], juan 57, p. 18
圖一
〈題和闐玉五老圖〉詩，《清高宗御製詩文全集．御製詩三集》，卷57，頁18