A MAGNIFICENT AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT, BITONG
A MAGNIFICENT AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT, BITONG
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白玉賀壽圖筆筒

清乾隆

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清乾隆  白玉賀壽圖筆筒

筆筒圓筒形,五卷雲足。外壁深雕通景山水圖,三組畫面以峻崖分隔,一景為壽老手持靈芝回首,身後兩仙童,一持桃枝,一持花枝,三人正走往蕉林亭閣。另一景繪高士和侍從,侍從持戟提磬,二人頭上飛鶴一隻。再一景畫雙鹿棲息於梧桐蔭下。玉質白色泛青,溫潤晶瑩。

此器選料精良,雕工深峻,人物景物相配,實為文房用具之上品。紋飾方面亦深具寓意,壽老、桃實、松樹、鹿鶴均寓意長壽。侍從所持戟、磬組合,諧音「吉慶」。至於梧桐樹常與鳳凰聯想一起,故亦視為福兆;另鹿鶴、梧桐組合,諧音「六合同春」。

北京故宮博物院藏一件較小型白玉納涼圖筆筒(高13公分),其造型、人物圖均與此器相近,見1995年香港出版故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《玉器.下》,圖版167號。另見哈特曼伉儷收藏乾隆白玉仙山勝境大筆筒一件(高18公分),載於1996年紐約出版 R. Kleiner著《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》,圖版112號。以及近似二例於紐約佳士得拍賣,一為2008年9月17日,拍品329號;一為2009年3月18日,拍品433號。

此器源自紐約Ralph M. Chait Galleries。
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Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York

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Aster Ng
Aster Ng

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The present brushpot is exceptional for its generous proportions, superb carving and use of superb quality stone, and would have been an important addition to the desk of a successful scholar or official. It is replete with auspicious symbolism, and numerous good wishes are conveyed through the carved decoration. On the front of the brush pot, a scholar and his attendant carry sprigs of lingzhi and peaches, both representing long life and immortality. This wish is furthered by the presence of pine trees and a crane in flight, both also symbolic of longevity. Finally, a pair of deer, known to accompany Shoulao, the god of Longevity, and themselves symbols of immortality, can be seen nestling amidst a jagged outcrop. Other auspicious wishes can be found amist the decoration. For example, a boy carrying a halberd (ji) hung with a jade chime (qing) forms the rebus jiqing, or 'auspicious happiness.' In addition, Wutong trees can be seeing growing amidst the pine boughs. Wutong trees are known as the only tree on which the phoenix will alight, and are therefore associated with this majestic bird, which only appears in times of peace and prosperity. Compare the smaller brushpot (13 cm. high), dated to the Qing dynasty, carved with a scene of a scholar in a pavilion observing his young attendant, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, no. 167. A larger (18 cm. high) example with similar decoration, also dated to the Qianlong period, is illustrated by R. Kleiner in Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, 1996, no. 112. See, also, two white jade brush pots sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 329, and 18 March 2009, lot 433.

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