清乾隆 黃玉饕餮紋螭龍耳方壺

of rectangular section, finely modelled with a central section with gently rounded sides rising from a splayed foot to a tall waisted neck and everted rim, the neck flanked by a pair of openwork chilong handles, below a raised band detailed with taotie masks and scrollwork motifs, all above bands of pendent and upright blades of leiwen patterns, the translucent stone of a warm yellow colour with attractive russet and milky-white inclusions concentrating particularly to one side

弗吉尼亞藝術博物館，里奇蒙，弗吉尼亞州
紐約蘇富比1998年3月24日，編號347

The vase is in overall very good condition. There are a couple of insignificant nicks to the rim. There are also natural inclusions concentrating to one side.
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此器瓶肩棱角分明，器形精緻，黃玉質地瑩潤，淺浮雕飾精細，愈顯品質。兩側細琢鏤空螭耳，妙添趣味。黃色素為皇家御用之色，如此玉之鮮黃澄淨，甚為清廷所鍾愛。

可參一器形與之相似之瓶例，售於紐約蘇富比2011年9月14日，編號364；另見一瓶，尺寸較大，飾如意耳，屬 John Woolf 爵士舊藏，展於《Masterpiece of Chinese Jade from the Woolf Collection》，倫敦蘇富比，2013年，編號2。