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A WHITE JADE POMEGRANATE-FORM BOX AND 清乾隆 白玉榴開百子連枝盒
COVER 白玉質，帶沁斑。器呈石榴形，分為盒蓋和盒身兩部分，以
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
子母口相扣合，盒、蓋以透雕樹幹相纏，不能分離。通體琢
The rounded fruit is formed from a single pebble, carved on the 葉、枝幹，還有趴在石榴上的小蟲，設計精細逼真，小巧可
exterior in openwork with two leafy branches extending around 愛。
the sides and interlocking to form a hinge. The cover is further
carved in relief with a small cicada seated to one side above the 來源
large flowerhead straddling the box and cover, the stone of an even 紐約佳士得，1985年12月2日，拍品313號
white tone with small russet and opaque inclusions. 《Alan and Simone Hartman 重要玉器珍藏》，香港佳士
3 º in. (8.3 cm.) long 得，2007年11月27日，拍品1515號
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000 展覽
紐約佳士得，2001年3月13至26日
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s New York, 2 December 1985, lot 313 波士頓美術博物館，《哈特曼收藏中國玉器》，2003年8月至
The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong 2004年12月
Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1515
著錄
EXHIBITED Roger Keverne編，《玉器》，倫敦，1991年，頁152，圖版
Christie’s New York, 13-26 March, 2001 61號及62號
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Chinese Jades from the Hartman Robert Kleiner，《哈特曼收藏中國玉器》，香港，1996年，
Collection, August 2003-December 2004
編號86
LITERATURE
Roger Keverne ed., Jade, London, 1991, p. 152, figs. 61 and 62 石榴，果內結實﹙種子﹚甚多，寓意多子多孫，金枝繁盛。古時在訂婚
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone 下聘或迎娶送嫁時有互贈石榴的風俗，象徵多福多子，開枝散葉。
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 86
Compare with a similar peach box and cover with interlocking branches
joining the two halves in the Victoria and Albert Museum illustrated by
M. Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2004, p. 56, no. 58, where the author
notes that this group of carvings is very impressive from a technical
point of view because of the great precision it would have involved
for the two halves of the box to fit together so perfectly. Another very
similar pomegranate box with a small insect resting on the cover in the
collection of the Seattle Art Museum is illustrated by J. Watt, Chinese
Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, p.
99, no. 78.

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