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A rare large pale green jade 'double lingzhi' brushwasher 18th century
4 June 2015, 10:30 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific PlaceHK$400,000 - HK$600,000
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A rare large pale green jade 'double lingzhi' brushwasher
18th century
The well carved gnarled branch issuing two deeply-hollowed heads of lingzhi, the larger with a clambering chi dragon biting at the rim and both surrounded by further lingzhi and curling leafy tendrils, the stone of pale green tone with light inclusions.
20.5cm (8 1/8in) wide
The well carved gnarled branch issuing two deeply-hollowed heads of lingzhi, the larger with a clambering chi dragon biting at the rim and both surrounded by further lingzhi and curling leafy tendrils, the stone of pale green tone with light inclusions.
20.5cm (8 1/8in) wide
Footnotes
十八世紀 青玉雕靈芝如意洗
Affixed label reading 第陸號 ('number six')
此拍品附有「第陸號」的標籤。
The confident, fluid carving of the impressive washer is distinctive of highly skilled Qianlong period jade craftsmanship. The generous, deeply hollowed interiors make full use of the large pale green stone, whilst the twisting branches and smaller lingzhi provide a naturalistic setting for the twin washers, symbolic of longevity.
Several examples can be found in important private collections: see Ming and Qing Chinese Arts from the C.P.Lin Collection, Hong Kong, 2014, no.143; another with bats from the Andrew K.F.Lee Collection, Qianlong, illustrated in Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2007, no.66; a related but taller jade vase with lingzhi is illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade, London, 2013, no.74; see also a smaller very pale green jade lingzhi washer, Qing dynasty, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed., Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10: Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.196.
此器用料頗奢，雕刻線條流暢，技藝精湛，盡顯乾隆時期玉雕的最高水準。相關例子可參考《長青館藏瓷、玉、角、畫琺瑯》，香港，2014年，編號143；也見李景勳藏一乾隆例子，著錄於香港大學美術博物館，《閣有天珍：中國文房玉雕》，香港，2007年，編號66；再參閱《The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade》，倫敦，2013年，編號74；也可比較故宮博物院藏一清代玉洗，見鄭欣淼編，《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編10》，北京，2011年，編號196。