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AN IMPERIAL LARGE ARCHAISTIC
CELADON JADE VASE, HU
QIANLONG FANGGU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is of a flattened baluster shape, carved on each side with
a taotie mask between borders of scrolling clouds. The waisted
neck is flanked by a pair of animal-head ring handles. The base is
inscribed with a Qianlong fanggu mark.
10æ in. (27.3 cm.) high, box
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000

PROVENANCE
A distinguished Belgian private collection, and thence
by descent
Sold at Bonhams London, 12 November 2015,
lot 162
The four-character Qianlong fanggu mark may
be translated as 'in imitation of antiquity'.
The superb carving skills in the present lot,
together with the imitation of the archaic
bronze form, is evidence of the Qianlong
Emperor's fascination with archaic and
ancient objects, at the same time reflecting
the zenith of craftsmanship during the
Qianlong period.
Compare to a jade vase and cover in archaic
bronze form, inscribed with ‘Daqing
Qianlong fanggu’ mark in the Beijing
Palace Museum collection, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong
Kong, 1995, no. 147. Compare also a green
jade vase with Qianlong fanggu mark, sold
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3 April 2018, lot
3638.

清乾隆 御製青玉雕饕餮紋雙獸
耳活環扁壺 「乾隆仿古」刻款
來源
比利時私人舊藏，後由家族繼承
倫敦邦瀚斯，2015 年11月12日，
拍品 162 號
器呈扁形，屬仿古彝器。橢圓形足，底部
陰刻「乾隆仿古」款。整件器物雕工講究，
造型典雅古樸，體現了乾隆的慕古情懷及仿
古成就。可參考清宮舊藏中一例玉獸耳活環
瓶，底刻「大清乾隆仿古」款玉瓶，見《故宮
博物院藏文物珍品全集《玉器（下）》，香港，
1995 年，圖版 147。另可參考一件青玉獸首銜環鳧魚
壺，底刻「乾隆仿古」款，拍賣於香港蘇富比，2018 年
4 月 3 日，拍品 3638 號。

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