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116 When the Qianlong emperor was presented in 1768 with the first pair
A RARE PALE GREEN JADE TWO-HANDLED BOWL of jade plates decorated with carved flowers and leaf designs, he
Probably Ottoman, 18th century wrote a composition judging them to be from ‘Hindustan’ (north India).
Exquisitely carved with thin translucent deep flaring sides, rising from He did not realise that many of the so-called ‘Hindustan’ jade carvings
a short spreading foot elaborately carved as a flowering blossom, the originated from further afield, including the Ottoman Empire which due
exterior decorated in low relief with shaped panels containing flowers, to its political power and Islamic religion had trade relations as far the
all between two borders of scrolling foliage, flanked by a pair of pierced Mughal Empire. Twenty-two of the jade wares in the collection of the
elaborate flower handles, the stone of translucent white tone with National Palace Museum, Taipei, are indeed attributed to the Ottoman
milky-white inclusions. Empire; see Teng Shu-p’ing, Treasures from Across the Kunlun
18cm (7 1/8in) wide. Mountains: Islamic Jades in the National Palace Museum Collection,
Taipei, 2015, pp.159-160.
HK$150,000 - 200,000
US$19,000 - 26,000 One of the most significant characteristics of Ottoman jades is their
thin bodies. This is consistent with the Qianlong emperor’s admiring
十八世紀 或為鄂圖曼 痕都斯坦式青白玉雕花柄盌 remarks in his poems when he says that they were ‘lustrous and
paper-thin’, that one could ‘see the flowers and leaves though them/
Provenance: but could not feel and trace’, and that “the shadow of your hand
Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine (1900-1969), 3rd Baronet of outside can be seen from the inside/ The flowers lift and the leaves
Castle Milk (according to Spink invoice) curl back on themselves’ and ‘in one’s hand, it seems immaterial/
The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., London and one must fix the gaze on it to know it has form”; the physical
An English private collection, acquired from the above circa 1994 traits described by the Qianlong emperor above are applicable to the
Spink & Son Ltd., London present lot. Compare also two Ottoman jade bowls, illustrated by Teng
An English private collection, acquired from the above on 12 July 1999 Shu-p’ing, ibid., p.160, pls.163-164.

來源： The present lot is remarkable not only for the elegant form and
米爾克堡第三男爵，約翰·威廉·渣甸爵士舊藏（1900-1969）（如斯賓 translucent thin walls, but also for the elaborate handles, each
克收據所示） comprising three flowers, complemented by the similarly shaped foot,
倫敦東方藝術有限公司 attesting to the masterful craftsmanship.
英國私人收藏，約1994年獲藏於以上古董商
斯賓克有限公司，倫敦 Compare a white jade Mughal cup, incised Qianlong mark and period,
英國私人收藏，於1999年7月12日獲藏於以上古董商 but of smaller size and without handles, which was sold at Sotheby’s
Hong Kong, 4 April 2012, lot 3069.
Sir John William Buchanan-Jardine was a scion of Sir William Jardine,
the founder of Jardine, Matheson & Co. Established in Canton in 1832, 約翰·威廉·渣甸爵士為怡和洋行創始人威廉·渣甸之孫。怡和洋行
this great shipping company rose to dominate the lucrative China 前身為1832年在廣州創辦的渣甸洋行，早年參與對中國貿易，主要從
trade and was instrumental in the early development of Hong Kong. 事鴉片和茶葉買賣，現在仍是遠東最大的英資集團。1839年林則徐禁
The Jardine family played an influential role as proponents of punitive 煙，渣甸洋行遊說英國政府與滿清開戰並引發後來的鴉片戰爭。鴉片
action against the Manchu court, leading to the infamous Opium 戰爭爆發後，渣甸洋行將總公司從廣州遷至香港，借助怡和行在内地
Wars. From their privileged position in the Far East, the family was in a 的名聲，並更名為怡和洋行。渣甸家族因長期在遠東經商，更有機會
strong position to secure important pieces from the Chinese Imperial 接觸後期因戰亂外流而出的宮廷珍品。
collections after the looting of the Summer Palace, Peking, and the
subsequent periods of instability. 痕都斯坦玉為乾隆帝對伊斯蘭玉器的統稱，因其「瑩薄如紙」、「看
去有花葉，撫來無跡痕」而深得乾隆皇帝厚愛，並讚譽其「在手疑
無物，定睛知有形」。康熙朝平定西藏後，在邊疆地區多實行藩王制
度，需要各附屬國進貢珍玩異寶。乾隆一朝，痕玉被作為進貢給乾隆
皇帝的御用玉器，至嘉慶朝便不再進貢，可見其彌足珍貴。

根據台北故宮博物院鄧淑蘋研究，清宮舊藏一部分痕都斯坦玉器，其
特徵及工藝與印度北部痕都斯坦地區所作玉器有所不同，應來自當時
的鄂圖曼帝國（今土耳其一帶）。而此件玉盌亦符合斯格爾頓先生及
鄧淑蘋所指出的鄂圖曼帝國玉器特點，有關鄂圖曼帝國玉器特點，詳
見《越過崑崙山的珍寶：院藏伊斯蘭玉器特展》，台北，2015年，頁
159-160。見台北故宮博物院藏鄂圖曼帝國S形雙柄盌一件，其紋飾佈
局及雙柄均與此玉盌類似，見同著錄，頁166，圖164。

鄂圖曼玉更以「薄」為特點。不論紋飾繁複與否，從其光素內壁均可
以看清楚外壁雕刻花紋，因此備受乾隆皇帝的讚譽。但正因為其「如
履薄冰」，因此這類玉盌上均未見雕刻御製詩。

更為有趣的是，在眾多讚譽中可看出，乾隆皇帝完全不知道這些最薄
的玉器，並非來自他心目中北印度「痕都斯坦」，而是更遙遠的土耳
其，見R.Skelton，《Islamic and Mughal Jades》，著錄於R.Keverne
編，《Jade》，倫敦1991年，頁291。

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