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崇聖御寶 - 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮 ·阿爾斯多夫珍藏

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A RARE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON’ VASE GROUP 清十八世紀 青白玉雕龍戲珠瓶
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 瓶呈管式，直身，高浮雕一尾祥龍戲珠，目光炯炯，氣勢淩人。
The cylindrical vase carved in high relief with a dragon chasing a flaming pearl, emerges 旁雕萬年青一株，根壯葉茂，果實累累，下立雅石，蒼勁挺拔，
from the rockwork that rises to one side with wannianqing (Rohdea japonica) from which 形態生動，雕工非凡。
issues leafy fruiting plants
來源:
6æ in. (17.1 cm.) high, hongmu stand 詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮．阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥，於1990年前入藏。
$80,000-120,000
此玉器紋飾在十八世紀甚為普及。北京故宮博物院藏一例，白玉
PROVENANCE: 製，亦不帶蓋，尺寸略大（高29公分），收錄於《故宮博物院藏
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1990. 珍品全集—卷三—玉器》，香港，1995年，圖版 63，其上亦以高
浮雕飾龍趕珠紋。本品生動傳神，龍神翻滾騰躍，張牙舞爪，活
The motif of dragons clambering on a vase was a popular design on eighteenth- 靈活現。同類主題亦見於雙聯式瓶，可參考一黃玉例，見紐約佳
century jades. Compare a larger, white jade vase (29 cm. high), also without a cover, 士得，2015年9月17—18日，拍品編號2396。
in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: Jadeware, vol. III, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 63, which is similarly carved
in high relief with dragons chasing a flaming pearl. The carving on the present vase
is particularly dynamic, most notably seen in the sinuous body and powerful claws
of the dragon. The form of this vase bears a similarity in design to conjoined vases.
A conjoined vase, carved in yellow jade, also carved with a dragon chasing a flaming
pearl, sold at Christie’s New York, 17-18 September 2015, lot 2396.

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