清乾隆 青白玉鏤雕「因荷得藕」洗

carved horizontally in the form of a large lotus bloom with rounded pointed petals and an attendant lotus pad forming the washer, resting on a seed pod and wreathed by undulating stems issuing further arrowheads and furled leaves, all stemming from a large lotus rhizome on the reverse, the translucent stone of an even pale celadon tone picked out with a few russet inclusions and finished to a smooth polish  

There are some minor small polished nicks to the edge of the end of the root on the reverse but overall the washer is in very good condition. The actual colour is quite close to the catalogue illustration.
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倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館，藏有一件相類玉雕，作盛開荷花，配以數枚小花蓓蕾，錄於劉明倩，《Chinese Jades》，倫敦，2004年，圖版56，作者指出，此類玉器用意於將庭園之雅，帶入屋內起居空間（見頁55）。清宮舊藏有一件相似蓮花形洗，現存北京故宮，錄於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧玉器（下）》，香港，1995年，圖版50。一件青褐玉作例，曾售於倫敦蘇富比1977年11月4日，編號377。可相比較尚有一件青灰玉筆洗，作蓮花與葉之狀，配以小鴨、青蛙、蝸牛，藏於英國巴斯東亞藝術博物館，曾展於該館《Jades from China》，巴斯，1994年，編號308。另一件黑斑白玉筆洗，作雙蓮蓬形，出自 Stephen Junkunc 三世珍藏，2009年9月15日售於紐約佳士得，編號133。