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fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
எӬ ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅

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The present vase follows the archaic bronze prototype, fanggu, ⎊ℱǯᙲ⋌ক㨯ᙃ౩ӳൃ⎊ℱ↱ㅳǯ଍ᆨ֎㬪㠩㜮଍㈓ǯ᫈ᙹ
a type of wine vessel used in the rituals of the Shang and ᆨऑǮ㑷ǯ᳅⮃ᓋ⯍ᄓԠӳ㛑ǯം೅ӳӴཌ♑ݨ߅Ꮉ卿߃㫌㪰
Zhou dynasties. By the Qing period, archaic forms and motifs 㑌⹳⶟⡠卿⭬㱈㲎㱬⡠ǯ
found great popularity at court and a number of jade vessels,
such as the present example, were produced to reflect the ᳖ջ֎ऒℱ㈓അ⊐ӳǮԋǮӴӲ㛑ߎ⢑भ㿱ᓞ⩧Ꮀǯ᫉଍սӬ
fashion of the period.
ᙃ౩ℱᙠ㫌↱⩧Ꮀ卿ӻℱ㐏⎊⎝Ǯᵐᷪ卿ⰰḞமࡵ卿㘆Ὅ㫓㐏卿
The present vase is carved out from one piece of jade, instead ἃԳ㪏֎ऒℱ଍ԋ⎏Ⅷ৅ǯ᳖༈⯠⻦ԋ㫍ᝳᙇ։㘆ַ׾卿ֿℱ
of constructed in sections as many comparable examples 㐏⯝᫉⏟⋁⩢ԮӶ≾അǯ᫉✙ℱ㐏⯝झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։☸
from this period are. This vase is further distinguished by its 㵶卻 ݩߎ卼⎏Գ㪏֎ऒ᪪ὍᎹ㈓㯄ἃ㯸ַ卿㇦Ƕ༈ᅡԠ㪿厍
exceptional white and even material, which is on a par with the
finest examples preserved in the Qing court collection, such as ᳖ջ֎ऒ⊺ዪℱ଍⁞ཿஎ㢙Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 卿எ‸ ǯ࢈՗ᘢ
a slightly taller white jade gu-form vase (24.3 cm. high) with ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ք⻦ᝳᙇ։ℱ㈓卿ཨ༿Ǯ଍ᆨࣿℱ♎प⊿卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ
Qianlong fanggu-mark but without flanges in the National ⁒㩴⻦Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕℱ଍卻Ӵ卼Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 卿எ‸ 卿
Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in The Refined Taste of ℱ㐏⎐ἃ┡ℱᎵ㬪ℱ卿எ‸ ⎏㬪ℱᙹ㈓卻 ݩߎ卼ங㙁
the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades ௛ӳ⯝᫉㖅ἃᓞ㘆卿ֿℱ㐏Ӷൈ᫉଍卻ވˏ卼ǯ
of the Ch’ing Court, Taipei, 1997, no. 11. Compare also with
a few other jade gu-form vases of varying sizes, shapes and
types of jades in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -
Jadeware, III, Hong Kong, 1995, nos. 130-134, of which no.
133, a celadon jade example (24.6 cm. high), is most similar in
form to the present vase, though its quality and colour pale in
comparison (fig. 1).

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