清乾隆 碧玉雕纏枝蓮紋雙活環耳洗 《乾隆年製》款

de forme circulaire, les côtés arrondis sculptés en léger relief de rinceaux feuillagés chargés de lotus, le bord flanqué de deux prises ajourées chacune en forme de fleur de lotus épanouie dans leur feuillage soutenant des anneaux mobiles ronds, l'intérieur sculpté en haut relief au centre d'un médaillon d'hibiscus parmi des feuillages, le bord et le pied soulignés d'une frise de grecques, la base incisée d'une marque à quatre caractères Qianlong nian zhi

1969年11月購自巴黎 (藏家筆記記錄)

There are minute frittings scattered around the exterior and interior rim of the bowl and the raised and angular parts of the carving of the handles. There is a chip to the tip of one leaf on one handle. There is a ca. 1cm wide area on the rim where there appears to be a bruise associated with a flaw in the stone, that may have been slightly stabilized. There is a ca. 0.5cm bruise on the inside rim of the foot, and scattered minute fritts to the inside and exterior rim of the foot. There appears to be a ca. 1 cm long jagged/uneven diagonal line or hairline across one of the tips of the leaves where it joins the rim of the bowl which is continues in an uneven way into the side of the bowl and into the rim and may also be a natural vein/flaw in the stone. The jade is of a mottled dark green colour with a hint of yellow and some natural veins and flaws that have been incorporated into the carving.
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此器器型較大，花耳及内底雕刻細緻講究，精美華麗。雕工繁複深邃，花卉開放自然，受痕都斯坦玉器啟發而作。中亞玉器在清乾隆時期進貢入宮，後被宮廷工匠仿製，並加入新的元素，自成一派。一痕都斯坦青玉棱式盌，雕相似花卉，藏台北故宮博物院，曾展於《國色天香‧伊斯蘭玉器》，台北，2012年，編號62。

此類器英文稱之為婚盌，因多爲婚嫁禮物而得名，所飾紋樣都有幸福美滿的象徵意義。其特色便是雕琢精緻的雙耳，各式各樣，龍、花及看著如雙飛蝴蝶，栩栩如生。

可作對比以例碧玉洗，尺寸稍大，外壁紋飾相仿，售香港佳士得2009年5月27日，編號1839。一例為德安堂收藏，曾展於《玉緣：德安堂藏玉》，故宮博物院，北京，2004年，編號18。另一例為北京故宮博物院收藏，載於《中國玉器全集》，卷6，石家莊，1993年，圖版317。