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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE 清亁隆 白玉雕仿古鳳凰紋活環連蓋匜
COLLECTION
來源 :
AN EXCEPTIONAL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE R. W. Cooper 少校珍藏
ARCHAISTIC EWER AND COVER
倫敦佳士得，1963年4月29日，編號31
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
匜，高古青銅器型，盛水或酒用，可溯源至西周。清乾隆帝好古
carved with a wide band of archaic phoenix ornament, the 慕雅，玉匠因而取材遠古時期，以高古玉器及青銅器為靈感製
underside of the lip with a winged archaic mask, the handle 器，本品出自一組清宮御製大型帶棕色玉斑之白玉仿古器，斷
surmounted by an archaic dragon mask, the finial of the oval 代十八世紀中期，部份現藏於北京故宮博物院，圖載《故宮博
cover suspending two rings, wood stand 物院藏文物珍品全集．玉器（下）》，香港，1995年，兩例為編
(3) 號136及143。全組玉器均雕刻自屬圓潤而帶棕色玉斑、模仿高古
22.5 cm, 8⅞ in.
石塊之原材，比較兩仿古玉雕，出自同組作例，售於巴黎蘇富
比2015年6月10日，編號78及88號，出自集成於1894至1922年間中
PROVENANCE 國之德國收藏。
Collection of Major R. W. Cooper.
Christie’s, London, 29th April 1963, lot 31.
The present jade vessel is know as a yi named after an
archaic bronze covered pouring vessel of similar shape
dating to the Western Zhou period (Ca. 1046-771 BC).
Encouraged by the Qianlong Emperor’s passion for the
Antique, Qing craftsmen began to look at the past for
inspiration and adapt the forms and designs of archaic
jades and bronzes into their pieces. This ewer belongs to a
renowned group of large archaistic white and russet jades
th
commissioned by the Qing court from the mid-18 century.
number of which being Several of them are still preserved
in the Palace Museum, Beijing and are illustrated in The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
vol.42, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995 (for example nos.
136 and 143). All these vessels are similarly worked from an
even white stone and fashioned with russet patches meant to
simulate an archaic pebble. Compare two archaïstic vessels
also related to this group sold in our Paris rooms, 10th June
2015, lot 78 and 88, originally from a German collection
formed in China between 1894 and 1922.
Rare verseuse archaïsante couverte en jade blanc et rouille,
dynastie Qing, époque Qianlong
200 000-300 000 €

Catalogue entry 1963

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