清乾隆 白玉雕八吉祥活環三羊開泰奩盒

the bowl supported on three reclining horned rams and rising to a sharply cut mouth ring, the rams depicted with their hooves tucked under their bodies, the exterior finely carved in relief with butterflies, their wings outstretched and alternating with four of the bajixiang emblems, the base with leafy scrolls radiating from a central flower, the interior centred with low-relief gnarled lingzhi stems, the domed cover similarly decorated with four emblems completing the bajixiang, flanked by four loop handles modelled as bats, each suspending a loose ring, the stone of a translucent pale greenish-white colour, wood stand

香港蘇富比1999年11月1日，編號558
德安堂收藏，香港
香港蘇富比2006年4月10日，編號1505

北京故宮博物院永壽宮，2004年

楊伯達，《玉緣：德安堂藏玉》，香港，2004年，編號104

The bowl and cover are both in overall good condition.There are insignificant nicks and surface wear to the extremities and the finial. The actual colour of the jade is similar to the catalogue illustration.
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此件仿高古青銅獸足飾，添痕都斯坦風卷葉，大方典雅之餘，不失創新，盡見藝匠巧思。綴三羊圓雕之品，未見有與此器形相同之例，尤為獨特。同類奩盒，見有飾八吉祥者，最後一次售於紐約佳士得2002年9月20日，編號204。另可參考一三羊開泰蓋爐，售於香港蘇富比2010年10月8日，編號2609。