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A RARE PAIR OF WHITE JADE BOWLS, MARKS 清乾隆 白玉盌一對 《乾隆年製》款
AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
來源
each incised to the base with a four-character mark (2) 英國私人收藏
Diameter 5½ in., 14 cm
此對盌白玉冰瑩，工藝卓絕，誠為乾隆盛世玉雕藝術
PROVENANCE
之臻例傑作。乾隆玉雕，多屬繁麗紋飾之作，既為美
English Private Collection. 觀，亦為掩瑕補拙。本對盌光素清雅，彰顯材質本身
Carved from pure ice-like stone with exceptional 晶瑩澄澈，尤為珍貴。此盌造型簡潔，弧壁外撇而口
skill, the present pair of bowls reflect the heights of 沿平直，正是乾隆晚期器形典範。
lapidary craftsmanship under the reign of the Qianlong 可參考一對相近白玉盌，亦刻四字款，見於黃光男
Emperor. While more florid carved designs from this period
were often added as decoration to distract from original 編，《清代玉雕之美》，台北國立歷史博物館，1998
flaws in the stone, plain elegant vessels of this type celebrate 年，編號192；另一成對作例，乾隆年器並款，出自
the brilliant quality of the base material itself. The shape of 李景勳珍藏，載於《閣有天珍：中國文房玉雕》，香
these bowls, with their superbly flared rounded sides and 港大學，香港，2008年，編號31；再參考一對盌例，
straight rims, are typical of the late Qianlong period. 售於香港邦瀚斯2017年5月30日，編號115。

Compare a related pair of white jade bowls with a similar four
character mark, illustrated in Huang Kuang-Nan, Jade. Ch’ing
Dynasty Treasures from the National Museum of History,
Taiwan, Taipei, 1998, cat. no. 192; another pair with Qianlong
seal marks from the Andrew K. F. Lee Collection, included
in Virtuous Treasures Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table,
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2008, cat. no. 31; and
another pair sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30th May 2017,
lot 115.
⊖ $ 120,000-150,000

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