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THE VICTOR SHAW COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADES 清十八世紀 白玉仿古銜蓮寶鴨
A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC 'DUCK AND
LOTUS' GROUP,
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
13.8 cm
HK$ 500,000-600,000
US$ 64,000-76,500
The decoration incorporating the archaistic scrolling motifs to 類似以仿古紋飾雕刻的寶鴨擺件，可比較三件於三藩
the plumage of the present piece demonstrates the Qianlong 市亞洲藝術博物館藏的十八世紀玉寶鴨，皆以方頭
Emperor’s fascination with archaic and ancient objects. 棱角處理整體線條，且雕琢仿古變體雲紋、雷紋、
The Emperor is recorded to have exhorted his court and
craftsmen to look to China's archaic past for moral guidance 回紋為飾，見 Michael Knight、賀利及謝瑞華合著，
and artistic inspiration. For related examples of archaistic 《Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth
jade ducks, see three carvings dated to the 18th century, Century from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco》，
in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by 三藩市，2007年，編號279、280及283。
Michael Knight, He Li, Terese Tse Bartholomew, Later
Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century from
the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, 此式仿古寳鴨原型見於宣和《博古圖錄》，記為周鳧
nos 279, 280 and 283. 尊，見（宋）王黼等撰，《博古圖錄》，明萬曆十六
The original form and design for this archaistic ‘duck and 年（1588）泊如齋刊本，卷七，頁10。然目前所見青
lotus’ group would have been an archaic bronze vessel known 銅鳧尊最早只能到春秋時期，且無提樑和瓶頸，參考
as zhou fu zun, published in xuanhe bo gu tu (illustrated 兩件藏於日本之春秋青銅鳧尊，見容庚著，《商周彝
Catalogue of Antique Objects from the Xuanhe Hall), a
catalogue on archaic bronze objects completed towards the 器通考》，卷下，北京，1941年，編號694及695。
end of the Xuanhe period (1119-25) of the Northern Song
dynasty. For two examples of the bronze prototype from the
Spring and Autumn period, see Rong Geng, Shang Zhou Yi Qi
Tong Kao, vol. 2, Beijing, 1941, nos 694 and 69.
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