清十八世紀 青白玉雕番蓮紋雙活環耳蓋瓶

of flattened baluster form, rising from a splayed foot to an angular shoulder and a waisted neck, set with floral handles suspending a loose ring, finely carved on each side in the Mughal style with an elaborate lotus scroll issuing large blossoms and attendant buds within a border of acanthus leaves, the domed cover similarly carved with pendent lotus buds and surmounted by a rounded square knob, the smoothly polished stone of a pale sage-green colour

There are a few nicks to the interior rim of the cover and nibbling around the rim of the mouth and cover, but overall the vase is in very good condition. The actual colour is slightly warmer, deeper and less yellow compare to catalogue illustration.
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本品玉式，源於痕都斯坦，屬莫臥兒帝國。史料記，乾隆二十一年，自中亞傳入清廷，即而深得帝心，自此歲歲入朝，繼又命其匠師入宮親授，遂至乾隆二十九年之時，清宮御匠方已熟通此技。

細觀本瓶，意仿痕都斯坦之式，然雙耳活環，又見漢風，故非朝貢之品，當為清宮匠師之所出。參考一例，雕飾相類，售香港佳士得2001年10月29/30日，編號712。亦見一例，雙耳略異，售倫敦佳士得1981年12月17日，編號435。另見一略小例，藏台北國立故宮博物院，展《國色天香·伊斯蘭玉器》，台北，2012年，編號255。