清乾隆 白玉夔龍紋雙耳蓋爐

the rounded sides rising from a spreading foot, carved in relief with a band of stylised foliate scrolls below a band of serpents, flanked by a pair of dragon handles, the domed cover similarly carved surmounted with a coiled dragon finial, the stone of an even white to pale celadon tone with white inclusions and some russet staining

M. Tournet，巴黎
John Sparks Ltd.，倫敦，1954年6月12日（£450）

There is a chip and losses to the end of the right horn of dragon finial. Please note that the foot is separately fashioned and there is a flaw running through it. There are also some flaws running through the body.
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本品集古今紋飾於一身，融為一體，足見清朝匠人創意匠心獨運。本品繼承宋朝之傳統，將高古祭禮所用之青銅器重新詮釋，製作玉器，故可見其採用仿古獸面紋。乾隆年間，莫臥兒帝國所製之痕都斯坦玉器紛紛來朝，本品亦受其繁複華麗之風格影響，故其外形抽象，眼睫與龍吻皆羽毛豐滿。

見一較大作例，形式和紋飾類同，，售於香港蘇富比1979年11月29日，編號409；另一件售於倫敦佳士得1987年12月16日，編號488；第三件帶活環耳，售於香港佳士得1992年4月1日，編號1186。另見一碧玉蓋爐，同飾相類獸面紋，圖刊於Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》，香港，1996年，圖版82。

本品飾夔龍紋，互相交纏，有如繩索，乃受東周之青銅器物所影響：可參見一罍例，同飾交纏龍紋，寶蓄Arthur M. Sackler Gallery，史密森尼學會，華盛頓，圖刊於Jenny So著《Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes》，第三冊，紐約，1995年，圖版30，同書見一缶例，圖版34。