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It is deeply gratifying and humbling to know that works such as this were
unseen in ancient cities like Fulai and unbeknownst to authors of classics
such as Yugong.” Carved with a newly available material, the current lot
is an archaistic piece inspired by bronzes from the Xia, Shang and Zhou
dynasties, while incorporating new elements of decoration, function or even
symbolic meanings all typical of the Qianlong reign, auguring the rise of a
divine ruler and celebrating the unprecedented prosperity to come under
Qianlong’s watch.

[1] The First Historical Archives of China and The Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Qinggong neiwufuzaobanchu dang’an zonghui (The Compilation of the Qing Imperial
Household Archives), 2005, Volume 44, p. 44.
[2] A carved green jade archaistic beaker vase, gu, and a matching gilt-bronze beaker vase sold
by Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, Lot 2255, Important Chinese Ceramics and
Works of Art.
[3] The First Historical Archives of China and The Art Museum, the Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Qinggong neiwufuzaobanchu dang’an zonghui (The compilation of the Qing Imperial
Household Archives), 2005, Volume 12, p. 343.

Fig. 2 Cloisonné enamel gu-form vase
with dragon and lotus decoration,
Qianlong mark and period (1736-1795).
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 中琺
000561N000000000.
圖二 銅胎琺瑯行龍番蓮紋瓶, 清乾隆,
臺北國立故宮博物院藏, 館藏編號中琺
000561N000000000

THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG COLLECTOR
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A RARE AND SUPERB PAIR OF FINELY CARVED GREEN JADE 清乾隆 碧玉雙龍戲珠紋花觚一對 《乾隆年製》楷書刻款
GU-FORM VASES 來源:
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED NIAN ZHI MARKS AND OF
THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Arthur Curtiss James (1867-1941)珍藏, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 紐約, 1941
年11月13-15日, 拍品編號154
Each vase with globular central section is finely carved with two sinuous
five-clawed dragons pursuing flaming pearls reserved on a ground of cloud 紐約佳士得, 2004年3月24日, 拍品編號56
scrolls, between borders of classic scrolls encircled by overlapping petals. 展覽:
The underside of the flaring mouth rim is decorated with a band of ruyi heads, 香港, 香港大學美術博物館, 「閣有天珍: 中國文房玉雕」, 2007年11月17日-2008
raised bosses and classic scroll, and the splayed foot is similarly decorated. 年2月17日
The stone is of a soft, rich moss-green color. 出版:
11√ in. (30.2 cm) high, fitted cloth box (2)
彭綺雲及施君玉,《閣有天珍: 中國文房玉雕》, 香港大學美術博物館, 香港, 2008
年, 頁98-99
$180,000-250,000
PROVENANCE:
The Arthur Curtiss James (1867-1941) Collection, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New
York, 13-15 November 1941, lot 154.
Christie's New York, 24 March 2004, lot 56.
EXHIBITED:
Hong Kong, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong,
Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, 17 November 2007-17
February 2008.
LITERATURE:
Tina Yee-wan Pang and Jane Sze, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the
Scholar's Table, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 98-99.
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