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PROPERTY FROM THE DE AN TANG COLLECTION 清乾隆 白玉對鳳雙龍耳盤龍鈕三足蓋爐
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘DRAGON AND
PHOENIX’ TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND 來源：
COVER, Gladys van Heukelom 承產收藏
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD 紐約蘇富比1967年4月27日，編號37
21 cm 展覽：
《玉緣：德安堂藏玉》，永壽宮，故宮博物院，
PROVENANCE 北京，2004年，編號107
Collection of the Estate of the Gladys van Heukelom.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 27th April 1967, lot 37.
EXHIBITED
A Romance with Jade: From the De An Tang Collection,
Yongshougong, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 107.

HK$ 1,200,000-1,500,000
US$ 154,000-192,000

This exquisite jade incense burner from the Qianlong period 白玉三足蓋爐，玉質光潔純淨，尺寸碩大，極為珍
(1736-1795) is inspired by the archaic bronze ritual food 稀。其雕工精美，拋光細膩滑潤，足見玉料上乘。造
vessel, ding. It encapsulates the reverence for the past and 形沉穩端肅，於爐身浮雕對鳳紋，爐耳作雙龍，爐頂
expansion of political power in the Qianlong era. To cater
to the Emperor’s penchant for antiquities, vessels from the 琢蒼龍戲珠，爐內精雕卷雲，三足綴獸面紋，見盡乾
distant past inspired the creation of a wide range of jade 隆玉匠造詣精深。和闐、葉爾羌盛產美玉，十八世紀
carvings. With the Qing court capturing the jade-rich regions 清軍平定西北，巨碩玉料源源流入中原，為尚玉之乾
of Khotan and Yarkand in the mid-18th century, there was 隆帝提供上佳良材。
an increased supply of jade; sizeable high-quality boulders
became available for making large vessels such as the 宋代玉器形制仿上古青銅器，續至清代，工匠雖逐古
present piece.
韻，但時有創新。此三足蓋爐形仿商周銅鼎，正為一
The present censer is remarkable for its massive size and 例。比較台北故宮博物院藏一青玉類例，錄於《故宮
lavish decoration. Elaborately carved in relief with pairs of
confronting phoenix in flight, the piece is flanked by two 玉器選萃》，台北，1969年，圖版33。另一例為清宮
majestic handles in the form of winged dragons carved with 舊藏，現存北京故宮博物院，錄於《故宮博物院藏文
deep undercutting. The dome cover is crested with a knob 物珍品全集：玉器（下）》，香港，1995年，圖版60
in the form of a coiled dragon clasping a fiery pearl, carved 。再比一例，為鮑爾舊藏，錄於《鮑爾藏中國玉器》
in high relief and pierced. Opening the censer reveals an ，日內瓦，1976年，圖版B 65。有一形制相近但爐身
interior decorated with swirling clouds in relief. With such
an abundance of ornamentation, this censer reflects the 素淨無紋例，為利國偉爵士收藏，售於香港蘇富比
grandeur and power of the Qianlong reign. 2018年10月2日，編號142。
Archaistic jade censers of this size and decoration are very
rare; a celadon jade example of comparable size and design
is in the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Masterworks
of Chinese Jade in the Palace Museum, Taipei, 1969, pl. 33.
Another related white jade censer from the Qing Court
collection is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 60. Compare also a white
jade example in the Baur Collection, illustrated in Pierre-F.
Schneeberger, The Baur Collection Geneva: Chinese Jades
and Other Hardstones, Geneva, 1976, pl. B 65. For related
white jade censers, see an example from the collection
of Sir Quo-Wei Lee, which is larger in size but the body
undecorated, sold in these rooms, 2nd October 2018, lot 142.

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