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A SMALL WHITE JADE ‘ARCHAISTIC’ VASE The present jade vase would have been part of a three-piece garniture
Qianlong four-character mark and of the period comprising an incense burner, vase and incense box, often known as
Of flattened form, the elongated ovoid body supported on a short foot the ‘Three Accessories’ or Sanshi. See an example of such a set in the
and rising to a slender waisted neck and lipped rim, the neck flanked by Qing Court Collection, with a small white jade vase of similar form also
a pair of opposing archaistic kui-dragons carved in openwork, the body decorated with taotie masks, illustrated in The Complete Collection
carved in low relief with a taotie mask band below a band of smaller of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Shanghai, 2008,
taotie mask, the softly polished stone of pale-celadon tone with mottled no.11.
white inclusions. 12.9cm (5 1/8in) high.
爐、瓶、盒三事為宮中常用陳設用品，既有觀賞性又有實用性，其中盒
HKD400,000 - 600,000 用來放置香料，瓶則用來插放鏟、箸等工具用於在爐內燃燒香料。參
US$51,000 - 77,000 看清宮舊藏一套白玉爐、瓶、盒三事，其中白玉箸瓶和本拍品類似，亦
飾有饕餮紋，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：玉器（下）》，上海，2008
清乾隆 白玉雕仿古饕餮紋雙龍耳箸瓶 年，編號11。
陰刻「乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance:
Ralph Chait Galleries, New York, acquired in the 1980s

來源：
1980年購於紐約古董商Ralph Chait Galleries

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