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Jade vessels of this type are extremely rare with examples 此類白玉器皿極為罕見，確認為宋代所製者多藏於博
mostly preserved in public museum collections and virtually 物館，近年幾乎絕跡市場。此玉洗呈橢圓形，線條乾
unseen in recent markets. The oval vessel with its clean 淨俐落，渾然一體，帶天然褐皮，靈動有致，散發抽
contours, harmoniously worked from a stone with naturally
distributed russet inclusions, has an ineffable abstract 象美感，乃品味高雅的宋朝士大夫珍賞之文房逸品。
beauty that would have made it a pleasing addition to the
collection of any erudite connoisseur in literati society. 有一宋代近例，沿壁稍淺，紋飾如出一轍，見於福開
The rendering of the relief-carved chilong dragons on the 森收藏，錄於 Hiram W. Woodward, Jr，《Asian Art in
present bowl bears close resemblance to those seen on Han the Walters Art Gallery: A Selection》，巴爾的摩，1991
dynasty jades. See a Han dynasty jade archer’s ring from 年，編號20。另一褐皮白玉洗，器形類近，精雕瑞
the Palace Museum, Beijing, where the chilong is similarly 鹿，乃清宮舊藏，現貯北京故宮博物院，錄於《中國
worked with scrolled ears, double-bordered almond-shaped 玉器全集》，卷5，石家莊，1993年，圖版111及112
eyes, squared nose and sharp two-toed claws, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: 。
Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 188; and another similarly
carved pendant from the collections of Christian Humann 宋徽宗鍾情藝術，治下士人菁英酷愛古器珍玩，整朝
and Alan and Simone Hartman, illustrated in Robert Kleiner, 風氣崇文尚藝。儒家思想得以振興，美術工藝博雅慕
Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone 古，對古典之美的不懈追求達至巔峰。本品淺雕螭
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 29.
龍，近似漢代玉器雕飾。北京故宮博物院藏一枚漢代
For related Han dynasty jades on which swirling chilong in 玉扳指，上雕螭龍，同樣兩耳捲曲，雙刻線勾勒一對
high relief create a rich textured surface, compare a jade
scabbard slide previously exhibited at the British Museum, 杏形龍目，方吻，二趾，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍
illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the 品全集．玉器（上）》，香港，1996年，圖版188。
Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 21:16, and sold in 另一紋飾相類之珮，先後為 Christian Humann 及哈
these rooms, 9th October 2022, lot 144. 特曼伉儷所藏，錄於 Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Jades
from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》，香
港，1996年，圖版29。
細觀此盃雕刻螭龍風格，與漢代玉雕螭龍形態十分相
似，參看一件曾於大英博物館展覽的漢代玉雕螭龍劍
璏，圓雕螭龍靈動活潑，頗具動感，可與本盃上浮
雕螭龍做比較，見羅森編，《Chinese Jade from the
Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版21:16，後
售於香港蘇富比2022年10月9日，編號144。
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