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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE BURNER AND OPENWORK Inspired by the shape and decoration of archaic bronze gui food
COVER vessels of the Zhou dynasty, the present lot is a fine example of the
Qianlong/Jiaqing stylistic developments during the 18th century inspired by the wishes
Finely carved supported on a short recessed foot, carved around the of the Qianlong emperor. Aiming to ‘restore the ancient ways’, the
exterior with taotie masks reserved on a dense and intricately incised emperor wished to reinstate the intrinsic qualities of simplicity, sincerity
leiwen ground, rising to an elegantly waisted rim flanked by a pair of and happy exuberance of the ancient cultures. For this purpose, the
S-shaped handles handles, the domed cover finely pierced with dense emperor instructed the court to collect drawings of antiquities, such as
lotus scrolls, and surmounted by a chilong finial, the stone of dark the ‘Catalogue of Xiqing Antiquities’ (Xi Qing Gu Jian 西清古鑑), which
green tone with dark striations, wood stand. served as sources of designs for the production of contemporary
21.6cm (8 1/2in) wide. (3). vessels. See Chang Li-tuan, The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special
Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court, Taipei,
£5,000 - 8,000 1997, pp.49-50.
CNY44,000 - 70,000
Compare with a related spinach-green jade tripod incense burner and
清乾隆/嘉慶 碧玉鏤雕饕餮紋香薰 cover, Qianlong, said to have come from the Summer Palace, Beijing,
illustrated by S.C.Nott, Chinese Jade throughout the Ages, Rutland,
Provenance: Erwin Scharf (1904-1978), and thence by descent 1971, pl.CXVIII; see also a related spinach-green jade incense burner
and cover, Qianlong, illustrated by R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London,
Erwin Scharf (1904-1978) emigrated from Germany to Britain in the 1992, p.163, fig.89.
1930s to escape Nazi persecution of the Jews. He graduated from the
university of Leipzig with a doctorate in law but never practiced, rather A related spinach-green jade incense burner and cover, Qianlong, was
going into the family business of manufacturing sound reproducing sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 237.
components. His brother, Dr Alfred Scharf was an art historian and it
was he who encouraged Erwin’s interest in art.

來源：Erwin Scharf（1904-1978）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今
Erwin Scharf（1904-1978），二十世紀三十年代，為逃避納粹對猶太
人的迫害，自德國移民英國。 Erwin畢業於萊比錫大學並獲法學博士
學位，後加入製造聲音再現裝置的家族企業。其兄Alfred Scharf博士
是一名藝術史學家，激發了Erwin對藝術的興趣。

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