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出版
Alfred Salmony，《Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty》，紐約，1963年，圖版XL-2

Catalogue Note
The archaistic motifs and sinuous form of the present waterpot hark back to mythical beast-form waterpots from the Han or Six
Dynasties periods. 'Phoenix' waterpots from the Ming dynasty are rare, but became more prevalent during the 17th century. See,
for example, a celadon and russet jade waterpot and dropper carved with similarly lush tail feathers, sold in our London rooms,
10th May 2017, lot 6. A white and russet jade waterpot attributed to the late Ming/early Qing period was sold at Christie's New
York, 17th March 2016, lot 958. A brushrest carved in the form of two phoenixes, also attributed to the late Ming/early Qing
dynasty, was included in the exhibition Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, cat. no. 320.

For a Song-Yuan dynasty precedent of the same form, see one illustrated in John Ayers, A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and
Imaginary from the Worrell Collection, London, 1993, pl. 8. An 18th/19th century white jade example was sold at Christie's New
York, 15th September 2011, lot 1001. Compare also a Ming dynasty mythical beast-form waterpot that shares a similar style and
stone to the present, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29th November 1978, lot 387.

此水盂仿古紋飾及造型，以漢代或六朝瑞獸水盂或水丞為原型。明代鳳凰形水盂甚為稀少，十七世紀時逐漸多見。可參考一青白玉鳳凰形
水盂配水滴例，鳳鳥尾部刻畫風格與本品接近，售於倫敦蘇富比2017年5月10日，編號6。另見一白玉例，斷代明末或清初，售於紐約佳
士得2016年3月17日，編號958。亦見一雙鳳形筆擱，斷代明末或清初，展《Jades from China》，東亞藝術博物館，巴斯，1994年，編
號320。

另見一宋至元類例，載於 John Ayers，《A Jade Menagerie: Creatures Real and Imaginary from the Worrell Collection》，倫敦，
1993年，圖版8。亦見一十八或十九世紀白玉例，售於紐約佳士得2011年9月15日，編號1001。再見一明瑞獸水盂例，風格與本品相類，
售於香港蘇富比1978年11月29日，編號387。

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