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PROPERTY FROM THE DE AN TANG COLLECTION 清乾隆 碧玉仿古饕餮紋方觚
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC 《大清乾隆仿古》款
FANGGU-FORM VASE,
FANGGU MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 來源：
紐約蘇富比1980年2月28日，編號264
wood stand 紐約佳士得2001年3月20日，編號47
24.8 cm
展覽
PROVENANCE 《玉緣：德安堂藏玉》，永壽宮，故宮博物院，
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 28th February 1980, 北京，2004年，編號122
lot 264.
Christie’s New York, 20th March 2001, lot 47.
EXHIBITED
A Romance with Jade: From the De An Tang Collection,
Yongshougong, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 122.

HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 51,500-77,000

This form of this finely carved jade vase draw inspiration
from fanggu, archaic bronze wine vessels produced from
around the late Shang dynasty. During the celebrated reign
of the Qianlong emperor, driven by the emperor’s fascination
with antiquities, craftsmen active in the imperial jade
ateliers sought inspiration from archaic bronzes and skilfully
adapted them to align with the prevailing taste of the Qing
court. The design of this vase, such as the taotie motif
depicted on the mid-section and the elongated blades above
and below, serves as further evidence of this artistic trend.
A similar pair of spinach-green jade from a five-piece altar set
in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (acc. no. A.4-1942
and A.5-1942), is published in the catalogue of
the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935,
no. 2508; Compare also two white jade vases of similar
designs in the collection of Palace Museum, Beijing, llustrated
in Zhongguo yuqi quanji 6: qing/ the Complete Collection of
Chinese Jade, vol. 6: Qing, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pls. 361 and
362, p. 249.

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