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Catalogue Note
Exquisitely modeled and polished to a smooth, highly tactile finish, the present piece is remarkable for its exceptional
naturalistic carving and the unreserved use of large, fine material, a testimony to the technical prowess of the jade carvers and
the abundant supply of fine quality stones during the Qianlong period. See a related Qianlong period jade carving of a finger citron
in the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, illustrated in Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 203. Other Qianlong period examples include one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th April 2010, lot
1905; another from the Jingguantang Collection, sold three times at Christie's, first in Hong Kong, 3rd November 1996, lot
501, later in New York, 20th September 2005, lot 24 and again 24th March 2011, lot 1557; and a further example sold at Christie's
London, 11th May 2010, lot 92.

本品玉雕佛手，玉質細膩溫潤，隨形攻琢，雕工利落嫻熟，打磨精細，不吝珍材，盡顯清乾隆時期玉匠造詣之精深。參考一乾隆例，Alan
及 Simone Hartman 伉儷收藏，載於 Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》，香港，
1996年，圖版203。其它相類乾隆例包括一件售於香港蘇富比2010年4月8日，編號1905；一例為靜觀堂舊藏，曾三度於佳士得售出，首
先於香港1996年11月3日，編號501；後易手於紐約2005年9月20日，編號24，再售於2011年3月24日，編號1557；再見一例，售於倫敦
佳士得2010年5月11日，編號92。

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