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*83 清乾隆 水晶弦紋小壺 方框《乾隆年製》刻款
A RARE SMALL ROCK-CRYSTAL HU-FORM VASE
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER CARVED MARK WITHIN A SQUARE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 來源:
The fawless material is carved in imitation of an archaic bronze hu, with 倫敦佳士得1976年1月26日,拍品179
narrow raised bands encircling the body, neck, rim and foot. The mark is
reserved on a fnely stippled square on the base. 水松石山房珍藏
3⅜ in. (8.6 cm.) high, box
香港蘇富比2005年10月23日《瑪麗與莊智博珍藏》拍賣,
£50,000-80,000 US$66,000-100,000
€59,000-93,000 拍品119
紐約佳士得2012年3月22日《Auspicious Treasures for
PROVENANCE:
Christie's, London, 26 January 1976, lot 179. Scholars and Emperors, Selections from the Robert H.
Shuisongshi Shanfang Collection.
Scholarly Works of Art from the Mary and George Bloch Collection; Sotheby's, Blumenfield Collection》拍賣,拍品1215
Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 119.
Auspicious Treasures for Scholars and Emperors, Selections from the Robert 貴族私人珍藏
H. Blumenfeld Collection; Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1215.
Property from a Princely Collection. 出版:
G. Tsang 及 H. Moss著《Arts of the Scholar’s Studio》,香港
LITERATURE:
G. Tsang and H. Moss, Arts of the Scholar's Studio, Oriental Ceramic Society,
Hong Kong, 1986, pp. 244-5, no. 235. 東方陶瓷學會, 1986年, 頁244-5, 圖235.

This skilfully worked elegant vase may be compared with other small
fawless rock crystal scholar's table articles produced by the Palace
Workshops (Zaobanchu), including two plain cylindrical brush pots with
similarly executed four-character Qianlong yuyong marks (made for the
personal use of the Qianlong Emperor). One is published by G. Tsang and
H. Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Oriental Ceramic Society, Hong
Kong, 1986, pp. 156-7. no. 130, the other in The Literati Mode, Sydney L. Moss
Ltd., London, 1986, no. 115. These pieces may have graced a desk or table
in the imperial palace, or might have been included in one of the Qianlong
Emperor's treasure boxes. Other crystal table articles in the Qing court
(mark) collection, Beijing, are illustrated in The Complete Treasures of the Palace
Museum - Small Refned Articles of the Study, Shanghai, 2009, no. 92, a
mountain-form brush rest; no. 266, two mountain-peaked seals; and no. 281,
a square seal paste box.

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