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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女史珍藏
3010
A SUPERB WHITE JADE HEXAGONAL 清乾隆 白玉雕八吉祥紋六方茶壺
LOBED 'BAJIXIANG' TEA POT AND COVER 來源
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) 法國家族舊藏
The teapot is carved on the exterior with four panels that are 出版
decorated with the attributes of the Eight Immortals. It is carved
on one side with a scroll handle and with a quatrefoil lobed spout Marchant & Son，倫敦，《85th Anniversary Exhibition of
on the other. The cover is of conforming hexagonal shape, carved Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing》，2010 年，137 號
to the exterior with six panels decorated with alternating bats and 白玉茶壺相當罕見。比較一件白玉長方茶壺，載於《清代玉雕之美》，
peaches. 台北，圖錄圖版 189 號，及北京故宮博物院藏一件雍正玉六瓣執壺，參
7¡ in. (18.8 cm.) across the handles, box
見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集，玉器（下）》，香港，1995 年，257 頁，
HK$2,500,000-3,500,000 US$330,000-450,000 圖版 212 號。

PROVENANCE
A French private collection
LITERATURE
Marchant & Son, London, 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese
Jades from Tang to Qing, 2010, Catalogue no. 137
Compare to a teapot of rectangular form which is illustrated in Jade,
Ch'ing Dynasty Treasures from the National Museum of History, Taipei,
1997, pl. 189. Another white jade lobed teapot and cover dated to the
Yongzheng period is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 257, no. 212.

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