清十八世紀 青白玉雕辟邪把件

the fabulous animal depicted recumbent with its legs tucked underneath the body and tail curled alongside its rear haunches, the head turned sharply backwards, its mouth issuing a stream of scrolling clouds supporting a rice measure (dou) on its back, the beast detailed with round eyes, flaring nostrils and a curled beard, all surmounted by a pair of horns incised with geometric scrolls, the stone of an even pale celadon tone

Thomas S. Barlow J.P.上尉收藏，至1961年
倫敦蘇富比1961年11月7日，編號342 (£68)
Bluett & Sons Ltd，倫敦，1963年 (£68)
羅傑琵金頓(1928-69年)收藏，自1963年(£110)

The carving is in very good condition except for a small triangular shallow chip to one corner of the rice measure on the qilin's back and another small one to the tip of the lingzhi cloud on its opposite side. There is also a small bruise to the edge of the right horn.
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此辟邪把件，雕工精湛，栩栩如生，細微之處如鏤空靈芝、獸爪與瑞獸頸珮等，盡顯細緻。小型玉雕把件常見於文人書房，可作紙鎮用，亦或單獨把玩。

此形態之瑞獸把件，清代雖甚為常見，然本品背附之米斗卻極為罕有，未見其他類例出版。比較一稍大麒麟駝書例，為 H. F. Goldstein 收藏，展於東方陶瓷學會，《Chinese Jade throughout the Ages》，維多利亞與亞伯特博物館，倫敦，編號374；另見一例展於《Jade as Sculpture》，明尼蘇達博物館，明尼蘇達，1975年，編號11；第三例售於倫敦蘇富比1967年6月6/7日，編號341，及紐約佳士得2011年9月15日，編號1030。