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The impressive size and fine quality of the jade stone indicate that this 白玉略青，玉質溫潤。山子尺寸碩大，取整塊和田玉料隨形雕刻而
carving was likely made following the Qianlong emperor’s conquest 成，正面深浮雕亭台樓閣，群山環繞，山石中幾棵蒼松樹立，林芝仙
of the Dzungar Khanate, now known as Xinjiang, between 1755 and 草叢生，山間涓涓溪流，天上一輪明月，山下一小童雙手抱琴正在過
1759, which increased the availability of jade. The superb quality of 橋，兩仙翁於亭台上仰頭望月；山子背面深浮雕溪流山石，蒼松陋
the multi-layered carving, allows for light to pass through its deeper 室，頗有畫意。
sections, creating a stronger illusion of three-dimensional space and
depth. The remarkable craftsmanship of the master carver evident 此山子玉料碩大，選料講究，這類上等和田玉料清宮長期缺乏，直至
in the skilful contrast between the crispness of the details and the 乾隆二十年至二十四年平定新疆地區準格爾部和回部的動亂後才得以
smoothly polished areas of the rocky cliffs, enriches the naturalistic 大量開採，運進宮廷供新玉的製作。乾隆時期，宮廷玉器發展至鼎盛
impression of the idealised landscape, and is a testament to the 時期，清宮中的新製玉器大大超過宮中舊玉和傳世玉，大型陳設用品
craftsmanship achieved by the jade ateliers at their zenith. 也在這時出現，此山子則為其中一例。

Such mountainous landscape scenes carved with scholars and sages 乾隆皇帝在玉雕鑑藏方面強調「畫意」，認為其「雖未能仿古較近雅
were popular during the 18th century, reflecting the ideal peaceful 矣」，因此在製作玉器時皆對畫樣及選料方面尤為講究，而紋飾主題
retirement of the literati class or a momentary escape to idealised 則多取材自宮廷收藏之畫作。此件山子因玉料厚大，玉匠用刀得以深
pursuits taken between official posts: a dreamlike desire perhaps even 淺自如，將寫實與寫意相結合，把中國山水之畫意在立體圓雕件上展
more remote from the lifelong service of the emperor. 現得淋漓盡致。「畫意玉器」在乾隆時期尤為多見，這不單與乾隆皇
帝的個人修養及文人情趣有關，更是清代帝王繁忙政務閒暇之餘，用
Related subject matters can be seen in various manifestations on jade 於陳設欣賞而達到神遊寬慰的觀賞之器。
boulders in the Imperial collections in the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, and the Palace Museum, Beijing; see Chang Li-tuan, The 台北國立故宮博物院中藏有類似表現「畫意」的玉雕山子，見《宮廷
Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and 之雅：清代仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》，台北，1997年，圖37及38
Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 。故宮博物院藏類似的玉雕山子，《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編8·
1997, pls. 37 and 38, and Compendium of Collections in the Palace 清》，北京，2011年，圖100。另見北京市文物公司舊藏仙人賞月山
Museum: Jade 8 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl.100. See also a pale 子一件，構圖與此件玉山子相同，但材質為青玉質，尺寸較小，見
green and russet jade boulder with the same subject matter, Qing 《北京文物精萃大系：玉器卷》，北京，2002年，圖305。另見美國
dynasty, illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series. Jades, 克利夫蘭藝術博物館藏一件十八世紀青白玉雕山子，著錄於S.Little，
Beijing, 2002, pl.305; and for another example, see the pale green 《Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China》，克利夫
jade mountain, 18th century, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, 蘭，1988年，圖21。
illustrated by S.Little, Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of
China, Cleveland, 1988, pl.21. 倫敦邦瀚斯曾售出一件類似的十八世紀青白玉雕山子，尺寸相
當，2016年11月10日，拍品編號71；另見邦瀚斯香港曾售出一件清
Compare a related large pale green jade boulder, 18th century, which 乾隆青白玉雕大山子，2015年12月3日，拍品編號13。
was sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2016, lot 71; and a rare
large pale green jade mountain, Qianlong, which was sold at Bonhams
Hong Kong, 3 December 2015, lot 13.

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