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PROPERTY FROM THE DE AN TANG COLLECTION 清乾隆 白玉胡人獻寶圖硯屏
A WHITE JADE ‘TRIBUTE BEARER’ TABLE 展覽：
SCREEN, 《玉緣：德安堂藏玉》，永壽宮，故宮博物院，
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD 北京，2004年，編號25
18.6 cm
EXHIBITED
A Romance with Jade: From the De An Tang Collection,
Yongshougong, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 25.

HK$ 700,000-1,000,000
US$ 89,500-128,000

Foreigners bearing tributes are a popular subject seen 屏白玉，呈圓片狀。浮雕山石嶙峋，蒼松依石而生，
from as early as the Tang dynasty, when China saw a large 中間大象回首，看向一人隨後托著寶瓶，前有牽象者
influx of foreigners from Central Asia from the abundant 肩扛長戟，戟頭掛磬，描述外國使者獻寶進貢的情
trade along the Silk Road that also led to foreigners bearing
tributes to the court. This led to a widespread depiction 景。此屏玉質溫潤，局部烤皮，工藝雅緻，寓意吉
of foreigners bearing tributes in a variety of media and 祥，典型乾隆朝陳設精品。
examples in jade alone ranged from screens to figures
worked in the round in varying sizes. This particular 中原對外族或外國人統稱「胡人」。「胡人獻寶」題
motif was one particularly favoured by the Qing dynasty 材早見於唐朝，當時大量胡人經絲綢之路東來，經營
emperors, as it demonstrated the power of the Qing court 商貿，更向中國宮廷進貢獻寶，於是胡人獻寶情境被
and continued to be depicted in various jades, paintings and
cloisonné works produced for use in the imperial court. 記錄於玉板、擺件甚至大型玉器之上。胡人獻寶題材
為清朝皇帝喜愛的紋飾，見於玉器、繪畫、掐絲琺瑯
等宮廷陳設品，以示國家繁榮強盛。

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