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53
A FINE WHITE JADE RETICULATED INCENSE BURNER
AND COVER
Qianlong
Exquisitely carved and pierced in openwork with a dense profusion of
undulating leafy peony stems, within plain and stylised key-fret pattern
borders and lotus lappets above the stepped foot, the domed cover
similarly carved and surmounted by a large single peony spray forming
the finial.
10.6cm (4 1/4in) diam. (2).

£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 180,000

清乾隆 白玉鏤雕牡丹紋帶蓋花薰

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London
E. A. Parry (1879-1946), London, acquired from the above on
26 February 1920, and thence by descent

來源：
倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
倫敦E. A. Parry（1879-1946）舊藏，於1920年2月26日購自上者，
並由後人保存迄今
Lot 53 (invoice) The present jade incense burner is remarkable for the intricacy of
design of the multiple interlacing floral tendrils, and attention to
detail and naturalistic realism noted in the overlapping petals of the
blossoming peonies. Referred to in Chinese as mudan or fuguihua,
peonies were regarded as the ‘King of Flowers’ and symbolise wealth
and honour.

See a related white jade incense burner and cover, but with floral
handles, Qianlong, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated by
E.Rawski and J.Rawson, China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795,
London, 2006, p.301, no.228; another white jade example with
handles, Qing dynasty, from the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pl.42.

A related pale green incense burner and cover, Qianlong, was sold at
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005, lot 16; and a related white
jade incense burner and cover, 19th century, was sold at Bonhams
Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 184.

牡丹素有「花王」之美譽，雍容華貴，富麗堂皇。乾隆年間，鏤雕
玉器頗為盛行，以人力之工剔除及掩蓋玉材自身之瑕疵。參考北京
故宮博物院藏一例清乾隆白玉鏤雕牡丹紋帶蓋香爐，見E.Rawski與
J.Rawson編著，《China: The Three Emperors 1662-1795》，倫
Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing 敦，2006年，頁301，編號228。另見一例清中期碧玉鏤雕牡丹紋熏
爐，形制與紋飾皆似本例，收錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：
玉器（下）》，香港，1995年，圖版42。

紐約佳士得曾售一件清乾隆青白玉鏤雕熏爐，2005年9月20日，
拍品編號16；以及倫敦邦瀚斯曾售一件十九世紀白玉鏤雕牡丹紋花
薰，2013年11月7日，拍品編號108，可資比對。

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