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The present piece embodies the exceptional creativity 白玉偏青灰，玉質溫潤，唇口短頸，豐肩鼓腹，兩側
of Qing craftsmen in its combination of contemporary 出朝冠耳，下承三足。爐蓋、爐身外通體淺浮雕饕餮
and archaic motifs. Continuing the Song tradition of 紋，出戟相間，三足外幣雕獸面紋。整器做工規整，
reinterpreting large archaic ritual bronzes into relatively
small jade vessels, this incense burner is carved with the 打磨精良，集創新與仿古於一身。此類仿古紋飾玉雕
archaic taotie motifs. In response to the ‘vulgarisation’ of 承宋代傳統，以玉雕仿古青銅禮器而雕刻。 乾隆皇
Chinese jade carving in the 18th century, characterised 帝性好風雅，又酷嗜玉器，因此命清宮造辦處製作大
by decorative objects with ornate high-relief designs, the 量仿古玉器，用於宮廷清玩陳設。造辦處玉匠宮時常
Qianlong Emperor commissioned jades which were inspired 參宮中舊藏青銅禮器或者《宣和博古圖》等木版摹
by the forms and designs of antiquity. Jade carvers were 圖，以玉仿製古器。此爐慕仿上古青銅彝器之器型及
encouraged to create ‘archaistic’ designs by studying archaic
bronze vessels in the Palace collection or in illustrated 紋飾，為乾隆宮廷仿古玉器之典型。
woodblock prints and adapting them to the medium of jade.
This archaistic trend is well encapsulated in the designs 乾隆時期之玉雕蓋爐，玉匠多需要依玉料尺寸、紋理
carved on the present incense burner. 及質地來構思器型及紋飾，每件皆不完全相同。北京
While jade incense burners are often unique, their size and 故宮博物院藏一件清白玉朝冠耳獸面紋香薰，其器
decoration depending entirely on the jade stone used to 型、尺寸及紋飾佈局與本蓋爐相似，可資比較，見《
make them, the proportion of this piece, its form and motif 故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編10》，北京，2011年，
are closely related to a white jade incense burner in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in the Compendium 頁135，圖版98。另對比參照一件造形相似的白玉蓋
of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 10, Beijing, 爐，飾繩耳，爐身飾凸弦紋，見《故宮博物院藏文
2011, p.135, no.98. Compare also with a related jade 物珍品大系．玉器(中)》，香港，2006年，頁72，編
incense burner of similar form and with strap handles, but 號60。另對比一件類似的白玉蓋爐，同樣飾饕餮紋，
decorated with bow-string design, Qing dynasty, in the Qing 為利國偉爵士收藏，後售於香港蘇富比2019年10月8
Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2006, p.72, 日，編號135。以及一件清乾隆至嘉慶白玉夔鳳紋三
no.60; Compare also a closely white jade example with 獸足朝冠耳蓋匲，售於香港蘇富比2022年4月29日，
similar taotie design, from the collection of Sir Quo-Wei Lee, 編號3681。
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sold in these rooms, 8 October 2019, lot 135; and a further
related white jade ‘phoenix’ tripod incense burner and cover,
Qianlong – Jiaqing period, which was sold at these rooms, 29
April 2022, lot 3681.

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