California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 Feburary 26, 2022  Feburary 26, 2022

 Lot # 3205 
A MUGHAL STYLE 'RAM' WHITE JADE WASHER    清 白玉羊頭洗


  • Dimension: Height: 1 1/2 in (3.5 cm) Length: 4 3/4 in (12.0 cm) Width: 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $2800
  • Estimate To: $3800

Chinese. The white stone worked in the form of a lobed floral bloom with delicate rounded walls rising steeply from the foot, one side elegantly tapering into an openwork handle modelled in the form of a ram's head depicted turned to one side, the exterior of the vessel decorated in low relief with a band of upright acanthus leaves, all supported on a splayed foot depicted as a lotus bloom with furled petal tips radiating from a rounded center. Qing Dynasty period.


白玉製成,玉質溫潤細膩,洗心掏膛極薄,精美大方,通體玲瓏薄透。五瓣如花朵般分佈,逐漸收斂,巧雕羊首,作回首顧盼狀,雙角後彎,面容安詳,眉眼及口鼻均以線刻精雕細琢,線條流暢,溫潤可人。本器裝飾手法上,採用浮雕、立雕、鏤空雕等複雜的組合工藝。表面處理採用剔地陽文的方法,雕刻時先琢平底子,再淺浮雕紋飾。浮雕的紋樣磨去琢痕,形成凹凸的視覺反差,增強其藝術表現效果。 (參閱各大收藏機構資料,可見數例,台北故宮博物院藏一件類同羊首杯及一件羊頭瓜瓣杯,展覽並出版於《國色天香:伊斯蘭玉器》,台北,2008年,編號245及編號246。北京故宮博物院亦有一杯,載於《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集.玉器(下)》,香港,1995年,圖版161。)