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The present lot is amongst the finest of its type, vividly capturing the 白玉偏灰，有瑕疵。取整塊玉料雕一方舟，船上雕人物四人，船頭一船
crew steering the boat riding through crashing waves reaching its 夫搖槳，船尾另一人把舵，船艙頂座一婦人、一小童及一犬，船艙鏤雕
mast and sail folded for safety, the ropes coiled. The master carver’s 門窗編織紋，船頂放置桅杆及繩索。船底刻波濤紋，浪花延伸至船尾翻
craftsmanship is amply demonstrated in the numerous details, 滾，小船猶如乘風破浪，高速行駛，頗為生動。
including the cross-hatched screens and awning, the anchor and
figures seated next to the alert dog. 台北國立故宮博物院藏一件清代青玉雕玉船，其船艙門窗的鏤雕工藝
與本品類似（博物館編號：故玉000541）。另見北京故宮博物院藏一
For a related pale green jade boat, Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court 例，著錄於《故宮博物院文物珍品大系：玉器（III）》，香港，1995
Collection,see Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: 年，圖32，以及《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編8·清》，北京，2011
Jade 8 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2010, no.125. See also a further 年，圖125。西雅圖藝術博物館藏一件十八世紀玉雕漁婦圖船形擺件，
example, 18th century, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from 著錄於屈志仁，《Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art
the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, no.64; and Museum》，西雅圖，1989年，圖64。另見香港敏求精舍熙樨收藏一
another carving of a sampan, from the Hei-Chi Collection, illustrated 例，著錄於《博古存珍：敏求精舍金禧紀年展》，香港，2010年，圖
in The Grandeur of Chinese Art Treasures: Min Chiu Society Golden 221。
Jubilee Exhibition, Hong Kong, 2010, no.221.
倫敦蘇富比曾售出一件十八世紀青玉船可資參考，2013年11月6日，
Compare two related celadon jade boats, 18th century, which were 拍品編號359；紐約蘇富比亦售出類似一例，2011年3月23日，拍品編
sold at Sotheby’s London, 6 November 2013, lot 359, and Sotheby’s 號619。
New York, 23 March 2011, lot 619.