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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

803 A YELLOW JADE “CHILONG” VASE AND COVER 清十八世紀 黃玉雕雙螭趕珠紋蓋瓶
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Well carved in relief around the body with chilong on one side and two 來源
Louis Joseph， 倫敦， 編號3826（根據標簽）。
smaller chilong on the reverse pursuing a faming pearl, the neck fanked by
Spink & Son, Ltd.，倫敦，1983年。
a pair of S-shaped handles, the cover with C-shaped fnial, the stone with
歐雲伉儷珍藏，編號420。
some russet mottling
6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high 著錄
Roger Keverne，《Jade》，倫敦，1991年，頁151，圖版55。
$100,000-150,000
乾隆時期黃玉往往被用作仿古玉器，本件黃玉瓶器形仿古銅器，紋飾則借鑑了
PROVENANCE
Louis Joseph, London, no. 3826 (according to label). 漢玉高浮雕螭龍的做法，古樸典雅、別具匠心。故宮博物院藏有一件器形與本
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1983. 瓶相似的乾隆黃玉蓋瓶，飾饕餮紋與蟬紋，載於故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集
The Irving Collection, no. 420. 《玉器（下）》，香港，1995年，頁 181，編號148。故宮所藏另一件瓶身略長之
黃玉蓋瓶，通體光素飾浮雕螭龍紋與本瓶相似，見中國美術分類全集《中國玉
LITERATURE
器全集6清》，石家莊，1991年，頁 163，編號241。
Roger Keverne, Jade, London, 1991, p. 151, fg. 55.
The shape of the current vase, with its C-scroll fnial and pair of S-shaped
handles, is inspired by archaic bronze vessels, in keeping with the
prominent eighteenth-century theme of archaism and imitation in the arts.
A yellow jade covered vase of a shape very similar to that of the current
example, dated to the Qianlong period (1736-1795), but decorated with
taotie and cicada motifs, is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 - Jadeware
(III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 181, no. 148. Also popular during the eighteenth
century was the motif of dragons clambering around the sides of archaistic
jade vases, as can be seen on another yellow jade vase and cover of slightly
more elongated form, carved in high relief with comparable chilong, also
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol. 6,
Qing, Hebei, 1991, p. 163, no. 241.

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