清嘉慶 白玉仿古龍紋雙活環象耳帶蓋扁壺

the flattened ovoid body supported on a small splayed foot and rising to a an oval rim, carved in low relief with elaborate archaistic strapworks forming the sinuous body of confronting dragons on each side, between two confronting phoenix above the foot and a band of archaistic birds around the shoulder, the waisted neck flanked by naturalistic elephant-head handles suspending loose rings, each finely detailed with large ears, small eyes and a wrinkled trunk, the domed cover surmounted by an openwork five-clawed dragon crouching foursquare, writhing among clouds around a 'flaming pearl', the rims picked out with incised leiwen, the white-celadon stone with a few light brown veins and finished to a smooth polish

倫敦蘇富比1994年12月6日，編號69

The vase is in good condition with only a few expected nicks around the edges of the rims. There is an original dent to one side of the footring which makes it uneven, polished down at the time of the carving and incised with keyfret.
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此玉壺身雕紋造型，既慕古亦創新。其雙銜環象耳，精雕龍蓋，壺身龍紋，承有古意。而其輪廓造型，則呈現代美感。帶有相類仿古飾紋造型之玉壺作例，可見一淺青玉饕餮紋瓶，雙耳作帶環象首，現存三藩市亞洲藝術博物館，載於 Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d’Argence，《Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection》，三藩市，1977年，圖版LII。另一折肩玉瓶作例，售於倫敦佳士得1988年12月12日，編號289。還可參考台北國立故宮博物院藏二器，同斷代為清朝玉作，皆飾相類仿古龍紋，龍身交疊纏繞，展於《宮廷之雅：清代仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》，國立故宮博物院，台北，1997年，編號21及22。