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清乾隆 玉鏤雕夔龍祥鳳紋「長宜子孫」佩 《乾隆年製》款「信字一百八十五號」字
估價
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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描述
- jade
the disc and terminal finely pierced in openwork with four archaic script characters chang yi zisun ('To Benefit Future Generations Forever') reading vertically, the circular disc enclosing a pair of confronting phoenix standing atop a small archaistic beast and grasping another in their beaks, the first two characters on the upper crest flanked by undulating archaistic dragons entwined with a phoenix, both detailed with incised hatching, the narrow sides incised with the four-character Qianlong nianzhi mark on one side, and the eight characters xin zi yibai bashi wu hao (Number 185 of xin series) on the other, the semi-translucent gray-green stone deepening to a light brown towards the center
來源
購自三藩市，1980年代（傳）
Condition
There are some minor nicks to the edges, but otherwise in overall good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
拍品資料及來源
This piece represents the Qianlong emperor’s taste for archaism and belongs to a group of jade pendants carved in the shape of a bi disc created during the early years of his reign. According to James C.S. Lin in ‘The Collection of Qing Dynasty Jades in the Fitzwilliam Museum’, Arts of Asia, May/June, 2010, p. 115, the craftsmen numbered these pendants according to the characters in the text Qian zi wen (Thousand Characters Essay) instead of using figures. While the number of similar jade pendants produced is unknown, the Zaobanchu (Imperial Palace Workshop) continued to make them well after the fifteenth year of Qianlong’s reign (1750).
This pendant is unusual for the incorporation of the two characters changyi into the elaborate scrolling phoenix terminal. A closely related example, numbered zhen zi yibai liushi san hao (Number 163 of zhen character), was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th April 2013, lot 3040. For the Eastern Han prototype see one, but containing the characters chang le and decorated with raised studs on the disc, from the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 217, together with another plaque with a smaller finial containing the characters yishou, pl. 216.
Further bi discs of this type, but with all four characters Chang yi zisun carved into the disc, include one published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 127; one sold in these rooms, 27th April 2003, lot 3, and included in the exhibition A Romance with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 21; another in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in James C.S. Lin, The Immortal Stone. Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2009, pl. 77a and b; and a fourth example, from the L. de Luca collection, sold in these rooms, 8th April 2011, lot 2805.
This pendant is unusual for the incorporation of the two characters changyi into the elaborate scrolling phoenix terminal. A closely related example, numbered zhen zi yibai liushi san hao (Number 163 of zhen character), was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th April 2013, lot 3040. For the Eastern Han prototype see one, but containing the characters chang le and decorated with raised studs on the disc, from the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 217, together with another plaque with a smaller finial containing the characters yishou, pl. 216.
Further bi discs of this type, but with all four characters Chang yi zisun carved into the disc, include one published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 127; one sold in these rooms, 27th April 2003, lot 3, and included in the exhibition A Romance with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 21; another in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in James C.S. Lin, The Immortal Stone. Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2009, pl. 77a and b; and a fourth example, from the L. de Luca collection, sold in these rooms, 8th April 2011, lot 2805.