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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳珍藏
3055
A RARE FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE VASE, 清乾隆 白玉饕餮紋觚式花插
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來源:
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) 北美家族私人舊藏
香港佳士得，2009年12月1日，拍品1995號
The vase is decorated with interlinked stylised taotie masks, below the
flared neck with upright leaves in archaistic style, flanked on either
side with a mythical beast-head handle, all supported on a short,
splayed foot similarly decorated with pendent leaves. The interior of
the mouth rim carved with an integral horizontal flange, reserving a
central oval aperture. The translucent stone is of a slight celadon tone
with areas of opaque inclusions.
8æ in. (22.3 cm.) high

HK$6,000,000-8,000,000 US$770,000-1,000,000
P R O V E NAN C E :
A North American family collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1995

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing fig. 2 Sold at Christie’s London, 4 November 2008, lot 13
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品 圖二 倫敦佳士得，2008年11月4日，拍品13號

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