California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 7, 2018  July 7, 2018

 Lot # 5177 
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' VASE AND COVER    清乾隆 白玉海水龍紋雙耳瓶


  • Dimension: Height: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm) Width: 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm)
  • Estimate From: $6500
  • Estimate To: $11000

Of flattened baluster form, the waisted neck flanked with stylized phoenix form, the body deftly carved in high relief with a ferocious sinuous dragon in pursuit of a flaming pearl, the scales finely detailed, amongst cloud scrolls and above turbulent ocean waves, all highly detailed with incised lines reserved on a dense ground of incised clouds, surmounted with a domed cover and a lotus bud formed finial. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.


Provenance: Property from a professor's private collection, Los Angeles.
清代玉山子產量不少,但如此巨型般的玉山子除了故宮博物院藏幾件外,在民間未有所見,用青花籽料為材極其稀少。是一件具有崇高藝術收藏價值的宮廷陳設器。此件作品為造辦處中南方匠人所作,此一類匠人是乾隆皇帝遊歷江南之時,邀請至造辦處中的。從作品中我們可以看到,其創作風格即保留了南派中我們俗稱的蘇作作品細膩婉約情緒陳述又不失北派京作作品的豁達壯觀的精神囊括。單從工藝水平論,此玉山子的創作手段,已經遠遠超過了傳統京作和蘇作作品的藝術範疇,而達到了一個嶄新的工藝高度。以青花籽料雕製而成,玉質極其純凈,瑩潤細膩,質密色穩。全器作山型,上方山石聳立。中有亭臺樓閣依山而建,古樹枝繁葉茂,淩雲參天。下有一老子與一陪行童子。佈局疏朗有致,層次分明,實為山水畫境的表現有異曲同工之美。此件山子量材製器,隨形施藝,縝密佈局,以自然之質再造自然,兼顧質、形、藝,為乾隆時期“畫意”之完美體現。用料奢華,為乾隆二十五年平定回疆和田玉充足後宮廷典型陳設玉器,體現了古雅雄渾的宮廷氣派。來源: 洛杉磯教授藏家提供