清十八世紀末/十九世紀初 青白玉開光花卉紋雙耳扁壺

of flattened pear-shaped form rising from a straight foot to a waisted neck with galleried rim, flanked by a pair of mythical bird-head handles suspending rings, the body carved in low relief to each of the sides with raised oval cartouches enclosing gnarled pine and wutong trees growing beside rockwork, chrysanthemum and Rhodea japonica, all below pendent acanthus leaves to the neck, the stone of a pale celadon tone with russet inclusions

（傳）法國外交官於十九世紀末得自中國
現藏家父親於1980年代購自巴黎

Two chips to the foot ring, measuring approximately 3mm and 4mm. Several minute nicks to the inner rim, and one (1mm) to the outer rim. Two cracks to the stone visible at the rim; other minor flaws and fissures to the stone elsewhere. The stone is of a more celadon tone compared to the catalogue illustration.
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本品融匯中式及痕都斯坦式紋飾，綺色勻淨，琢磨細緻。瑞鳥活環耳及壺身花樹紋寓意吉祥，屬傳統中式紋樣，壺頸環飾茛苕花葉紋，乃取材自痕都斯 坦玉器紋飾。乾隆年間，印度痕都斯坦玉器傳入中國，以貢器商品首度現身宮廷，流行於當朝。

可相比較一碧玉帶蓋壺例，飾山水紋，寶蓄北京故宮博物院，圖錄於楊伯達，《華夏古玉》，卷12，芝加哥，1997年 ，圖版35。例二為劍橋大學費茲威廉博物館藏，載於林政昇，《The Immortal Stone》，劍橋，2009年，頁124（上，中 ）；另見一蓋壺作例，出自聖保羅Minnesota Museum of Art 館藏，曾展於《Jade as Sculpture》，Minnesota Museum of Art，聖保羅，1975年，編號57。