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PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
亞洲私人珍藏
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A YELLOW JADE LOTUS-LEAF FORM WASHER 清乾隆 黃玉荷葉式洗

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
以溫潤光澤的黃玉，琢成一大片荷葉之形，荷葉邊緣呈波浪狀微向上方內
The washer is carved in the form of a broad leaf with furled edges, 側捲起，形成一個可做盛水用途的筆洗。器底浮雕一束水生植物，蓮花、蓮
its veins finely detailed, with long curling stems, forming the base, 蓬、小荷葉和水草，從葉緣延伸整個底部成為足座。附有原裝之木座。
bearing a curling leaf, a lotus pod, and a budding lotus flower. The
jade is of a soft greenish-yellow tone. 臺北故宮一件原為清宮舊藏之〈御題詩玉荷葉洗〉(故-玉-004209)，玉洗
4æ in. (12 cm.) wide, wood stand, box 和木座上刻有乾隆皇帝於癸巳春 (1773) 之御題詩〈題和闐玉荷葉洗〉。特
HK$180,000-280,000 US$24,000-36,000 別值得注意的是〈玉荷葉洗〉之底部，其將水生植物紮成一花束的做法，以
及葉脈雙線刻劃的表現方式，與是件〈黃玉荷葉洗〉近乎一致，故可推測兩
The washer is carved in the form of a broad leaf with furled edges, its 者應是同時期之製器。
veins finely detailed, with long curling stems, forming the base, bearing
a curling leaf, a lotus pod, and a budding lotus flower. Worthy of note is
the carving style of the underside of the washer where the stems of the
plants are bunched together. This is the same as a similar white jade
Qing court example inscribed with Emperor Qianlong’s poem and now in
the collection of Taipei Palace Museum. The wood stand is carved as a
continuation of the jade washer. The jade is of a soft greenish-yellow tone.

(back view 背面)

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