A SUPERB LARGE PALE CELADON JADE BOULDER
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A SUPERB LARGE PALE CELADON JADE BOULDER

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清乾隆 白玉巧雕鹿鶴慶壽山子

白玉帶皮,呈圓錐形,圓頂平底。通體巧雕亭台樓閣,懸崖峭壁,飛瀑如虹,祥雲瑞草,古木參天,小橋之下,泉水淙淙。壽老手持蟠桃、如意在前引路,兩仙童肩挑石磬﹝慶﹞正過橋緊隨,溪邊石縫中長出仙草。玉山另一面山崖突兀,奇石橫生,蒼松挺拔,松下小鹿站立崖前,回首仰望在空中翩然飛舞的仙鶴,崖壁縫間飛瀑激下,打在石上濺出水花。琢刻生動細緻,栩栩如生,充滿喜慶祥瑞的氣氛。

松樹與鶴,俱為常見之物,俗信以鶴為仙禽,鹿為瑞獸。松稱「百木之長」,長青不朽,鶴則稱「百羽之宗」,據說乃凡人登仙後所化。《瑞應圖》上稱,如果帝王為政,適合先聖的法度,沒有缺失,便會有白鹿出現,是國泰民安、政通人和的吉祥之兆。松樹與鶴也表達了人們祈求國泰民安的良好願望。以祝壽而言,除了為祝頌長壽外,也泛作飛昇登仙的象徵。

此器為哈特曼伉儷之舊藏,並著錄在 Robert Kleiner 著《 Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman Collection》圖版128 號。2001年3月於紐約佳士得展出,2003年8月至2004年12月於美國波士頓藝術博物館展出。

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Thomas Fee, Tulsa, Oklahoma
出版
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 128
展覽
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

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Jade is a material that from ancient times has been associated with longevity and immortality. It is therefore a particularly appropriate medium from which to carve representations of the mountainous realm of the Daoist immortals. During the Qianlong reign, the emperor requested that jade mountains, as well as plaques and panels with mountainous landscapes, should take their artistic influence from the work of famous painters.

On the present boulder the theme of longevity is clearly evident with the depiction of Shoulao on the main side and the deer under a pine tree on the reverse. The elongated form of the boulder and the skilful layering of rockwork help to create a magical atmosphere, thereby contributing to the Daoist themes of mysticism and immortality.

A slightly smaller boulder of similar shape and composition of three sages, is illustrated by Roger Keverne (ed.), Jade, London, 1991, p. 174, fig. 117. Jade boulders of this type range considerably in size, with the largest and most famous in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, measuring over seven feet tall and three feet wide; cf. Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol. 6, no. 255; and nos. 252-256 for the series of boulders in the Palace collection. Cf. a boulder of similar shape and size, included in the exhibition The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 47. An extensive range of large white, celadon and spinach green jade boulders is illustrated in A Romance with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pls. 41-42, 47, 49-51, 55, 60-61, 66, and 69-70.

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