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A PAIR OF JADE-INLAID AND CANTON 清乾隆 紫檀嵌白玉及銅胎畫琺瑯番蓮紋冠架一對
ENAMELLED ZITAN HATSTANDS
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
each with a domed canopy centred with a jade lotus floret,
encircled by a lappet band in canton enamel, the slender
zitan shaft with a baluster mid-section, enamelled with lotus
blossoms between archaistic scrolls, all supported on a thick
circular jade and zitan base, the stone of an even white colour
29.4 cm, 11⅝ in.

HK$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,300-64,000

This sumptuous pair of hat stands demonstrates the 此對冠架窮工極巧，盡顯乾隆一朝能工巧匠不拘用材，妙
remarkable skill of craftsmen in all media during the Qianlong 製珍玩之技。白玉、琺瑯、紫檀、銀料待用無遺，相映成
period, and their ability successfully to transform utilitarian 趣，佈局精妙，各工序非深思熟慮不可成。廣州藝匠經驗
vessels into visually striking works of art. Constructed from
jade, painted enamel, zitan and silver, every step of the 豐富，屢造佳器，此類構思奇巧、精工細作之物或出於
manufacturing process required careful planning, from the 該地。
composition of the different elements into a harmonious whole
to the manufacturing and assemblage of these elements. 此類冠架之圓頂、長柄格局乃乾隆朝首創，所涉材質林
Complexly constructed and splendidly designed objects of this 林總總；見一紫檀嵌玉類例，售於紐約蘇富比2015年3月
type were probably produced in Guangzhou, where some of 17/18日，編號230；另一例，大英博物館蓄，曾展於東方
the most experienced artisans were active.
陶瓷學會，《Chinese Jade throughout the Ages》，維
Hat stands of this type with a domed top and an elongated 多利亞與亞伯特博物館，倫敦，1975年，編號463；再參
baluster form vertical shaft appear to be an innovation of the 見一玳瑁例，鑲鎏金銅為飾，展於《清代廣東貢品》，香
Qianlong period and are known to have been produced in
various mediums; see a carved jade and inlaid zitan example, 港中文大學文物館，香港，1987年，編號78；北京仍有一
sold in our New York rooms, 17th/18th March 2015, lot 230; 琺瑯例，繪壽字及纏枝花卉紋，錄於《清代宮廷生活》，
another, in the British Museum, London, included in the 香港，1985年，圖版183。
Oriental Ceramics Society exhibition Chinese Jade throughout
the Ages, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, cat.
no. 463; a tortoiseshell version mounted with gilt-copper
decoration, included in the exhibition Tributes from Guangdong
to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, cat. no. 78; and a Beijing enamel
example painted with floral scrolls and a shou character,
illustrated in Qingdai Gongting Shenghuo [Life in the Palace
during the Qing Dynasty], Hong Kong, 1985, pl. 183.

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