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TWO VERY PALE GREEN JADE FIGURE Music is an important part of the practice 兩件雕像小巧玲瓏，玉質溫和瑩潤，就料圓
CARVINGS of arrow vase. The title of the music piece 雕。長鬚老者頭束髮髻，身穿長袍，衣著線
18th century played when playing arrow vase was Lishou 條流暢，雙足微曲交疊，呈坐姿，雙手前伸
The bearded sage crisply-carved in long (Cat Head), an ancient poem in the style of 似擱於案上。童子圓臉豐腴，喜笑顏開，
flowing robes seated with his legs crossed, Book of Poems, and the band was assembled 雙手置於胸前，原應手持寶器，束腰裙帶飄
his hands outstretched as if at his desk, his with strings, drums and se (zither), which is 揚，整器形象生動，工料俱佳。
hair tied into a bun and kept under a cloth recorded in the chapter touhu (Arrow Vase) of
cap, with contemplative expression, the boy the Confucian classic, Li ji (Book of 音樂於投壺中乃是重要一部分。《禮記·投
with jovial expression and arms folded, also in Zhou Ritual). 壺》中記載投壺時，須有弦、瑟、鼓樂隊
loose flowing tunic tied at the waist, both on a 奏《狸首》古樂。本件玉雕老人從手勢及站
carved wooden stand. The figure of the old musician might play a 姿來看應該是在鼓瑟。參考一件西雅圖美術
9.5cm (3 3/4in) high.; 9.4cm (3 3/4in) high. (3). se (zither) according to his fingerings and 館藏一件十八世紀玉雕壽老，刻工與本件頗
standing position. 似，見《Chinese Jades from the Collection
HKD200,000 - 250,000 of the Seattle Art Museum》，西雅圖，
US$26,000 - 32,000 Compare with a related jade carving of 1989年，編號62。
Shoulao, 18th century, illustrated in Chinese
十八世紀 青白玉壽老童子擺件 Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art
Museum, Seattle, 1989, no.62, where the
author notes that the 'clean crisp lines are
typical of a well-known group that can be
attributed to Suzhou workmanship of the first
half century of the Qing dynasty'.

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