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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
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A RARE MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE RAM-HEAD WASHER Compare a related white jade lobed brush washer with a ram-
Qianlong/Jiaqing head shaped handle, mid Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Complete
The ovoid vessel delicately carved as a recumbent ram, the ram’s head Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong
shaped as the spout, turning to its right and carved with precisely Kong, 1995, no.161; and another related example, Qing dynasty,
delineated contours accentuated by a pair of striated curved horns, illustrated by Teng Shu-p’ing, Exquisite Beauty - Islamic Jades,
the body finely carved in low relief with a collar of blossoms alternating National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2007, no.266; and see also a white
with acanthus leaves, all raised on a short splayed foot in the form of a jade lobed brush washer, with a ram-headed handle, Qianlong,
chrysanthemum bloom. illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2013,
10.6cm (4 1/8in) long no.60. See also the similar decoration of acanthus leaves, and
hollowed head used as a spout as well as lobed foot, on a white
HK$150,000 - 200,000 jade ‘phoenix’ washer, Qing dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of
US$19,000 - 25,000 Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10 Qing Dynasty, Beijing,
2011, no.200.

清乾隆/嘉慶 白玉雕痕都斯坦式羊首洗 清宮玉雕文房用器中，筆洗的造型最為豐富，此類輔以動物為造型的
既是其中一類。此件羊首洗其紋飾和底部花瓣形足的設計，受到「痕
Provenance: 都斯坦」玉器的影響。乾隆將來自北印度、土耳其及部分中亞地區
An English private collection 的玉器統稱為「痕都斯坦玉器」，此類玉器從乾隆初年由南疆回部官
員及駐疆大臣貢進內廷，因受皇帝寵愛，逐命造辦處仿製，此器為一
來源： 例。
英國私人收藏
對比北京故宮博物院藏一件清中期白玉羊首洗，見《故宮博物院文物
The present vessel was inspired by Mughal and Ottoman jades, much 珍品大系：玉器（III）》，香港，1995年，圖161。參見台北國立故
favoured and admired by the Qianlong emperor who termed them 宮博物院藏清代白玉雕羊首洗，著錄於《國色天香：伊斯蘭玉器》，
‘Hindustan’ jades. Such jades were given to the Court as tribute from 台北，2007年，圖266。另見伍夫收藏一件清乾隆白玉雕羊首洗，著
Xinjiang, and given the emperor’s admiration for their quality and 錄於《伍夫收藏中國玉器》，倫敦，2013年，圖60。北京故宮博物院
technical accomplishment, well documented in his poems, came to 中藏一件清白玉雕鳳首洗，亦雕刻類似的莨苕花紋，見《故宮博物院
influence jade production in China. 藏品大系：玉器編10清》，北京，2011年，圖200。

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