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white jade immortals, each worked in a much simpler fashion, as part of a large pendant set, from the Qing Court Collection, now
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (II), Hong Kong,
1995, pl. 164; a pair of white jade figures, each depicted in a similar pose, mounted in gold as earrings, excavated from
Daqiangmen, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, now in the Nanjing Museum, exhibited in Golden Jiangnan. Ancient Gold Ware of Jiangsu,
Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, 2008, cat. no. 140; and a jade Buddhist figure, set in the center of a gilt-silver hairpin, discovered in
Dingling, Beijing, the mausoleum of the Wanli Emperor, now in the National Museum of China, Beijing, published in Zhongguo
guojia bowuguan guancang wenwu yanjiu congshu. Yuqi juan [Studies of the Collection of the National Museum of China. Jade],
Shanghai, 2007, pl. 200.

本品珮飾，雕一儒者插手立勢，頭戴儒巾，身著長袍，為典型文人裝扮。此珮雕工精良，刻畫細膩，於同類作例當中堪屬上佳之作。目前
雖有數例相類明代人形珮見經出版，但論及雕工之精美，尚未見能與本品比肩者。比較四件白玉仙人形珮飾，雕工尚簡，屬於一組掛珮，
現藏於北京故宮博物院，載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集•玉器卷（中）》，香港，1995年，圖版164；另比一對白玉人形珮，人物姿態
相近，鑲金以作耳環，江蘇無錫大墻門出土，現存於南京博物院，曾展於《金色江南•江蘇古代金器》，南京博物院，南京，2008年，編
號140；再比一例白玉佛像，鑲於一件銀鎏金髮簪，出土於北京明萬曆皇帝定陵，現存於中國國家博物館，載於《中國國家博物館館藏文
物研究叢書•玉器卷》 ，上海，2007年，圖版200。

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