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清乾隆 青金石雕達摩面壁山子 《乾隆壬辰夏御贊》款
估價
600,000 - 800,000 HKD
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- 《乾隆壬辰夏御贊》款
- rock
題識：
厜㕒趺坐，面壁依然。
少林之石，詎比和闐。
是語然乎，曰然即否。
面者已非，壁復何有。
同斯一花，異斯五葉。
是即拈手，是即笑頰。
崑崙葱嶺，地脈相連。
泯歸去來，示現隨緣。
乾隆壬辰夏御贊。
〈玉鏤達摩贊〉，《清高宗御製文集二集》，卷42，頁10
厜㕒趺坐，面壁依然。
少林之石，詎比和闐。
是語然乎，曰然即否。
面者已非，壁復何有。
同斯一花，異斯五葉。
是即拈手，是即笑頰。
崑崙葱嶺，地脈相連。
泯歸去來，示現隨緣。
乾隆壬辰夏御贊。
〈玉鏤達摩贊〉，《清高宗御製文集二集》，卷42，頁10
來源
著名美國赫斯特報業攝影記者 Edmond D. Coblentz（1882-1959年）購自中國
Condition
The stone is in good condition, with just minor surface wear. The gilt inscription is slightly faded in places. Please note the colour of the stone is slightly less of a purple tinge than in the catalogue photo. Bruising and minor rubbing to the gilding of the stand.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
It is rare to find a lapis lazuli boulder of this high quality, inscribed with a Qianlong Imperial poem and complete with its original gilt-bronze stand. For an example from the Avery Brundage Collection in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, see René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in The Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, p. 142, pl. LXIV. See also a lapis lazuli boulder carved with a luohan in a grotto, gifted by Heber Bishop in 1902 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and on permanent display, accession no. 02.18.917. Compare also an example sold at Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 19th May 2010, lot 342.
For a closely related example in jade, depicting Bodhidharma in a mountain grotto, from the Qing court collection, preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, Taipei, 1997, pp. 140-141, no. 39.
Traditionally symbolic of purity and rarity, lapis lazuli appears to have been named qingjin shi (blue gold stone) during the Qing dynasty. The aura of mystery that surrounded this stone may have been due to the virtually inaccessible location of its principle mines in the remote Badakhshan region of northeast Afghanistan behind the Hindu Kush. According to Ming Wilson in ‘The Colour of Stones’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 62, 1997-98, p. 34, there are no known records identifying this stone before the Qing period although beads attributed to the Western Han period have been excavated. Its natural smoothness allowed it to be polished to a high degree which highlighted the brilliance of its blue colour and contrasting natural inclusions. Carvings fashioned from lapis lazuli are rare and were reserved for the imperial court.
For a closely related example in jade, depicting Bodhidharma in a mountain grotto, from the Qing court collection, preserved in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, see The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, Taipei, 1997, pp. 140-141, no. 39.
Traditionally symbolic of purity and rarity, lapis lazuli appears to have been named qingjin shi (blue gold stone) during the Qing dynasty. The aura of mystery that surrounded this stone may have been due to the virtually inaccessible location of its principle mines in the remote Badakhshan region of northeast Afghanistan behind the Hindu Kush. According to Ming Wilson in ‘The Colour of Stones’, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 62, 1997-98, p. 34, there are no known records identifying this stone before the Qing period although beads attributed to the Western Han period have been excavated. Its natural smoothness allowed it to be polished to a high degree which highlighted the brilliance of its blue colour and contrasting natural inclusions. Carvings fashioned from lapis lazuli are rare and were reserved for the imperial court.